Re: [ft-devel] Patented bytecode interpretter and fallback to autohinter

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> On the other hand I see the problem you have.  However, there is
>> currently no possibility (built into FreeType, I mean) to find out
>> whether a font has TrueType hints or not.  It's straightforward to
>> add such a function, and FontConfig might use it during the
>> creation of the cache.
> 
> That would be useful, yes.

OK, will have a look, but...

>> What kind of interface would you like to have?  I can imagine that
>> you want to check the presence of a font's hinting instructions for
>> a given range of input codes (not that I would really like this,
>> but...)
> 
> Not really.  A yes/partial/no answer should be enough.

why do you need a `partial' if there is no possibility to find out
which ranges are hinter or unhinted?

> Do you think this is something we can get in soon?

Probably within a few days, after we've settled on the right API.


    Werner