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Re: [ft-devel] Stem darkening toggling API
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft-devel] Stem darkening toggling API |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:33:19 +0100 (CET) |
>> I do NOT see that LCD filtering per face is a good idea, because
>> color fringes are accentuated when stem thickness is 1/3, 2/3,
>> 4/3... of a pixel and hidden at exact pixels. So it is hard to pin
>> them on a specific font weight. Plus a good filter works for all
>> situations. I do not think this feature is useful.
>
> I don't think a per-face filter is necessary, I just added it to
> help with multithreading. Each face has its' own set of options and
> it can be used by the owning thread without holding a mutex on
> FT_Library.
Please check the documentation; maybe it can be improved.
Werner