Re: [ft-devel] new `warping' property for auto-hinter

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Hi Werner,

On 15-04-20 10:53 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
>>From the CHANGES file:
> 
>     - A new auto-hinter  property `warping' can switch on  and off the
>       warping code  if this  experimental feature  is compiled  in (by
>       defining the AF_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_WARPER configuration option).
> 
>       The AF_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_WARPER option itself is an old feature,

Can you enable it by default?  It's still off, but allows for more people
experimenting with it.

>       available   since  2006.    Warping   only   works  in   `light'
>       auto-hinting mode.   The idea of  the code is to  slightly scale
>       and  shift a  glyph  along the  non-hinted  dimension (which  is
>       usually the horizontal axis) so that as much of its segments are
>       aligned  (more or  less) to  the grid.   To find  out a  glyph's
>       optimal   scaling   and   shifting  value,   various   parameter
>       combinations are tried and scored.
> 
>       See  file  `ftautoh.h' for  more;  the  demo programs  `ftdiff',
>       `ftview', and `ftgrid' can toggle warping with key `w'.
> 
> Please test!
> 
> 
>     Werner
> 
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