Re: [ft] iOS 7 system font Helvetica Neue horribly mis-hinted with FreeType 2.5.3

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I have some absolutely minimal FreeType code that just tries to
> render simple A-Z glyphs with the iOS system font, "Helvetica Neue
> Interface."
> 
> I am seeing FT results that are horribly disfigured like the
> attached file bad_hinting.png or you can see the same image here:
> 
> http://postimg.org/image/dplczjbeb/

Hinting?  AFAIK, Apple platforms don't do hinting at all.

> As you can see, random character strokes are thick and random
> strokes are thin, as if FT were trying to fit my text to some coarse
> grid.

To check whether there is a problem with the hinting as done with
FreeType, you should copy the font to a Windows platform and compare
the results.

Looking at the first font in the TTC with ftview, I get decent results
if I activate subpixel hinting.


    Werner