Re: [ft] libXft patch to use the built-in FreeType LCD color filtering

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > here's a patch to libXft-2.1.7 that modifies the library to use
> > the new built-in FreeType LCD color filtering features.
>
> I apologize for what might sound like a trivial question, but do
> these changes have anything to do with the kind of postprocessing
> filtering for LCD monitors which we've discussed on this list some
> time ago:
>
>   http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2006-08/msg00029.html

Yes -- the `5-component wide LCD color filter' is what David has added
to the current CVS, and which is apparently covered by MS patents...


    Werner