Re: [ft-devel] FT_Outline_Embolden() is Blurry

[Infinality]

Well, I can agree with you that it may not be the proper spot for doing 
the rounding;  I just can't imagine why anybody would ever want it to 
appear the way it does now unless no hinting is being used at all.

On 06/16/2012 10:07 PM, Alexei Podtelezhnikov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Infinality <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Sorry to resurrect an old thread here, but I think I have a solution that
> > preserves the addition of Y-weight at larger font sizes, while still keeping
> > the blur to a minimum:
> >
> > In FT_Outline_Embolden (which is now FT_Outline_Embolden_XY), do this to
> > ystrength:
> >     ystrength = FT_PIX_FLOOR ( ystrength );
> This rounding belongs at a higher level. Nothing stops an enlightened
> user from properly rounding the strength before calling this function.
> There is no need to hard code this at the low level function or
> library. There may be a case to be made for this rounding in
> FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden. Even then I would argue that hinting belongs to
> hinting, it can follow the emboldening but should not be so invasive,