Re: [ft-devel] On contour directions and fill rules

[Werner LEMBERG]

A small remark:

> - No self-intersection.  Now, when one says self-intersecting, one
> has to qualify.  I was under the impression that assuming outlines
> are not self-intersecting was a safe assumption.  However, I'm
> convinced now that this is absolutely false assumption.

Yep.

> I'd say assuming that each *contour* is non-self-intersecting is
> safe, ...

No, it's not.  Especially after applying TrueType bytecode some
outlines can be (intentionally) extremely distorted at small sizes.

And about your rasterizer:

> I will also be presenting it at LGM and GUADEC.

Which talk is this?  I fear I will be only able to attend on May 3rd
in the afternoon.

BTW, what's the main difference to the FreeType rasterizers?  Or have
you been able to reuse some code?


    Werner