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Re: [ft] What is the use of the right FT_Property_Set function intended


From: Byeongsik Jeon
Subject: Re: [ft] What is the use of the right FT_Property_Set function intended by the Freetype?
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 01:07:32 +0900
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 23:26:10 +0900, Byeongsik Jeon <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> The truetype bytecode interpreter of the Freetype appears to have the
> following problems depending on the version.
> - v35: MS cleartype font(ex. Consolas) rendering is ugly.
> - v40: MS legacy font rendering is ugly. Some fonts return the different
> glyph metrics with the Windows GDI(ex. Tahoma).
> 

I found the possibility that the ugly rendering problem was caused by
something else.

I'm sorry if my question wasted your time.



> I'm going to try the following solution to solve this problem at the
> same runtime.
> 
> pseudo code:
> ---
>   LOCK();
>   gasp_version = get_gasp_version( font );
>   interptreter_version = gasp_version ? 40 : 35
>   FT_Property_Set( ... , &interpreter_version );
>   FT_Load_Glyph( ...);
> UNLOCK();
> ---
> 
> In my test, it seems to work well. Is there any problem with this solution?
> 
> And are there any plans to solve this problem at the Freetype?
> 
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