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

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 16-01-11 01:50 PM, Nikolaus Waxweiler wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Huh. From the TrueType engine? Oh, are you working on a secret project to have
> both cubic and conic curves in one file? :D

Not so secret: https://goo.gl/J1O2OX

But no, no cubic in TrueType yet.  However, Apple's gvar/fvar/avar tables are
oblivious to what curves are used.  They just encode point variations and can
be equally applied to CFF outlines.


>> 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.
> 
> Does the AFDKO autohinter support the same scripts as the current autohinter,
> including the complex scripts Werner has been working on recently?

Probably not.  The two should be merged.


> Is it suitable for almost-realtime hinting?

To be determined!

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