Re: [ft-devel] Autohinter as a front-end for the CFF hinting engine?

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 16-01-11 12:59 PM, Nikolaus Waxweiler wrote:
> 
> I have not looked closely at the source yet, but what would probably be
> necessary is first separating the CFF grid-fitter (along with stem darkening?)
> code into its' own module and rewiring the CFF module (and maybe the Type1
> module?).

This is something that I would like to see as well.  My motivations are
different: to enable applying TrueType GX font variation to CFF outlines, then
hinting them.


> Reworking the autohinter is probably the biggest piece of work
> depending on how compatible the workflow of the autohinter and CFF engine is
> and how hard it is to add H/V/DStems at runtime and at what cost.
> 
> Is this reasonable?

It definitely is.  However, there's an alternative approach I've been talking
about: take the Adobe autohinter from AFDKO and plant it into FreeType.

> PS: Would Arabic scripts require diagonal blue zones?

I believe not.

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