Re: [ft-devel] rendering mode of Firefox on Windows 10

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Don't know if it's important at all, but this line renders
> differently on Chrome with disabled DirectWrite (that gives engine
> 37), comparing to fresh Firefox installation (with engine 40):
>
> ---
> The current PPEM value used in this paragraph (‘0’):
> ---
>
> Version 37 shows 18, while version 40 shows 00018.

This is intentional: If subpixel hinting is active, the MS rendering
engine ignores modifications of the advance width, always using the
glyph's linear width.  Otherwise, I can adjust the advance width
(using bytecode) to suppress leading zero digits.


     Werner