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Re: [Devel] Hinting metrics


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Devel] Hinting metrics
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:05:38 +0200 (CEST)

> I have been quite unsatisfied with the hinting of font metrics for
> small point sizes.  The problem is that some inter-character spaces
> tend to become too small and the characters fuse together.
> 
> So I did some experimentation and ended up using this very simple
> patch (attached) in src/autohint/ahhint.c.  It is quite a crude
> hack, but it seems to work reasonably well.  The idea is just to
> favor enlarging of small spaces between the glyph and it's
> boundaries.

I'm in favour of applying your patch but I don't have enough time to
check it.  Can you provide some snapshots with and without your
change?

Any other opinions?


    Werner



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