Re: [Freetype] TrueType font-scaling

[Chris Carlen]

Ole André Vadla Ravnås wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running XFree86 4.2.0 and freetype 2.1.2 (compiled with hinting and
> the TrueType bytecode interpreter both enabled), using Ximian GNOME 1.4.
> I've copied some TrueType-fonts from an MS Windows XP installation, and
> they look fine -- well, almost. Please have a look at the pictures on
> this page:
> http://web.sysrq.no/zole
>
> What these two pictures show is some arbitrary TrueType-font that I
> copied from the MS Windows XP installation -- displayed in size 8 and 9,
> respectively. Size 8 looks horrible, 9 and up looks fine.
>
> So, I wonder, is this a bug in freetype?


I've noticed things can be a little strange with Lucida and B&H 
Lucidux/Luxi fonts.

Try using 2.0.9 of freetype.  I have gotten the best results with it, in 
general.


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