Re: [ft-devel] loss of precision in FT_Outline_Decompose

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

See also this thread.
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2013-02/msg00031.html

Easy but not worth fixing.

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

>> At two places in FT_Outline_Decompose there is a division by 2 that

>> loses one bit of precision.  [...]

>>
>> I was doing some tests generating outlines of fonts and come upon
>> this because the .eps I generated were slightly different but gave
>> apparently the same image.
>>
>> Is this loss of precision a problem or will it never be seen in an
>> image?

AFAIK, it is not a problem, given that we work with 1/64th of a pixel.

> Would be nice to fix regardless.

Suggestions?  I think it's not worth the trouble, but maybe there are
special use cases which I'm not aware of.


    Werner

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