Re: [ft-devel] Experimental: v38 interpreter with minimal backwards compatibility mode and linear advance widths

[Werner LEMBERG]

>>> How about #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING 40 meaning
>>> that if the value is set to 40 use new algorithm, otherwise use
>>> Infinality.
>>
>> Very nice idea, thanks!  Nikolaus, do you agree?
> 
> I'll happily implement that, no problem, but I thought you wanted
> both algorithms switchable at runtime?  I guess you can still build
> FT two times and use LD_PRELOAD if you really want to compare.

A misunderstanding.  I believe that Alexei meant

  #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING   1   /* infinality */
  #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  40   /* new code */
  #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  41   /* both */

or something similar.


    Werner