[ft-devel] Re: [freetype-autohint] Bitstream Vera and tilde

[Werner LEMBERG]

> OK, now it starts to get interesting. I issue
> 
> $ ftview -r 96 -f 97 8 \ 
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf
> 
> Initially tilde is displayed correctly.  This is the rendering I
> would like to use.  If I disable anti-aliasing with `a' it's still a
> tilde, but with forced auto-hinting (with or without anti-aliasing)
> all tilde symbols, the single one and the ones above a, n and o
> turns into a dash/horizontal bar.

Aah, we are getting nearer.  Indeed, the tilde glyphs over `a' and `n'
become dashes for the reasons I explained earlier (see attached
images), but the single tilde is still a tilde.


    Werner