Re: [ft-devel] Stem darkening toggling API

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Nikolaus Waxweiler <address@hidden> wrote:

So, would this API achieve what you want to see, i.e. making FreeType
thread-safe for the common use case? Or is there something missing?

As long as the API doesn't change anything in FT_Library, then yes, it's thread-safe to the level that the library is right now (except for the LCD filtering options..)

 

And what would a better API look like, separate functions for separate
options?

Yes, that's what I would do.  FreeType should not be a linker.  The linker should be the linker. :)  But Werner likes it this way, so that's fine with me.

 

I'm currently still unable to find the time to contact the Qt, cairo and
Skia people (again). So I'm not sure if an option getter is required,

I think all can live without it for now.

 

 

if the automatic switching to the autohinter when the native font driver
won't darken (TT, Type1) is a good idea and if there is more API work
needed to make working with stem darkening easy. And the font drivers
and autohinter would need work, too, because the CFF driver is currently
the only one that darkens well (or at all)...

Essentially we are enabling even more head-scratching my-fonts-look-bad moments.  I'm glad I'm not the one having to deal with those anymore...

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