RE: [ft-devel] Force PMingLiU like font do HINTING

[Sergey Tolstov]

> After some thinking I can imagine that the following works.
>
>   . Add `FT_FACE_FLAG_TRICKY'.  If set, the font is tricky.  To access
>     it, add a macro `FT_IS_TRICKY'.  [This is a read-only flag.]
>
>   . Change the meaning of `FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING' so that fonts which
>     always need TrueType instructions (these are fonts which have
>     FT_FACE_FLAG_TRICKY set) ignore it.
>
>   . Instead of adding a new `FT_LOAD_RAW' flag which would do what
>     `FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING' currently does, I propose that we get the
>     behaviour of `raw' loading if both `FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING' and
>     FT_LOAD_NO_AUTOHINT are set.

Werner,

For the patented hinter, the FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING turns off the hinting. Do you 
want to change that behavior for the applications that use the patented hinter?

Thanks,
Sergey