Re: [Freetype-devel] Re: GSOC - Distance Fields

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

Anuj,

Each curved segment has a large number of neighboring grid points.
each of which has a unique nearest projection on the curve. The curve
is naturally sampled by this projection points a very large number of
times and quite uniformly. Therefore, why not divide the curve into a
large number of  segments to begin with and then just find whatever
point is close to each grid? It could be a lot faster to find the
distance this way.

I am deeply sorry if this mathematical fact offends you in any way.
Your code is good but please allow me to suggest an alternative,
perhaps, faster implementation.

Alexei