[Devel] Re: [Fonts][OpenType] Hinting question

[Keith Packard]

Around 19 o'clock on Jun 7, "James H. Cloos Jr." wrote:

> Are there any implementation details in freetype of xft{1,2} that
> would prevent this from working?

Yes.  Xft currently passes only pixel sizes down to FreeType, and some 
applications (Mozilla) don't pass down DPI or point size.  When the 
information was available, I could pass it down.

> (As you might guess, I'm a big fan of optically scaled fonts.)

I was unaware that any foundrys were spending the time and money to build 
fonts in this fashion any more.  It would be nice...

Keith Packard        XFree86 Core Team        HP Cambridge Research Lab