Re: [Freetype] differences between 2.1.4 and 2.1.7

[David Turner]

Hello Sven,

Sven Olsen wrote:
> Hi,
>     When I upgraded from version 2.1.4 to version 2.1.7 the appearance 
> of my rendered fonts changed significantly.  I like the old 2.1.4 
> renderings more than the 2.1.7 versions -- is there any way to tell 
> freetype to render in the older style?
>
> Thanks,   
>     Sven
>
> PS: Here's a webpage with images showing the sorts of differences I've 
> noticed, as well as the truetype font file that I'm using:
> http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/03/sven/scratch/fonts.htm

I may be wrong, but it seems that you enabled the bytecode interpreter
in your 2.1.7 build. Try re-compiling the library without it, you should
get "better" rendering.

Regard,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)


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