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


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [ft] iOS 7 system font Helvetica Neue horribly mis-hinted with FreeType 2.5.3
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:06:47 +0200 (CEST)

> I tried the font in Visual TrueType versions 4.2.1 using the black
> and white and grayscale modes, and I saw the artifacts you noted in
> your initial screenshot.  I can't tell exactly what version of the
> Win rasterizer is being used in VTT, as it's all under the hood.

Thanks.  I guess this already answers the problem: It's not a faulty
rendering of FreeType, but `faulty' (this is, not suitable) hinting
for B/W and normal grayscale rendering.  Only with ClearType the
TrueType hints yield acceptable results.


    Werner



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