Re: [ft-devel] [ttfautohint] stem width handling is now selectable

[Adam Twardoch]

I feel fine today!
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On 01.07.2012, at 21:13, Karsten Luecke <address@hidden> wrote:

> When you say something like
> 
> > strong-stem-width=g gave a tiny (i think) better rendering
> 
> could you please explain what your definition of "better" is, plus a link to 
> comparison screenshots showing this setting vs the other setting? Stating 
> something is "better" is as useful as stating that today you feel fine.  :)
> 
> Karsten
> 
> 
> On 01.07.12 15:51, vern adams wrote:
>> Did a little testing using OpenSans Reg&  Bold under Win7 (cleartype&  
>> greyscale) and WinXP (cleartype&  greyscale) but, to be honest, i didn't see 
>> any difference :) except under Win7 there the `--strong-stem-width=g gave a 
>> tiny (i think) better rendering.
>> 
>> In theory, what difference should there be under which render settings?
>> 
>> -v
>> 
>> On 1 Jul 2012, at 12:49, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> From the documentation:
>>> 
>>> ### Stem Width and Stem Positioning
>>> 
>>> `--strong-stem-width=`*string*, `-w`\ *string*
>>> 
>>> :   ttfautohint offers two different routines to handle stem widths
>>>    and stem positions: 'smooth' and 'strong'.  The former uses
>>>    discrete values which slightly increase the stem contrast with
>>>    almost no distortion of the outlines, while the latter snaps both
>>>    stem widths and stem positions to integer pixel values as much as
>>>    possible, yielding a crisper appearance at the cost of much more
>>>    distortion.
>>> 
>>>    These two routines are mapped onto three possible rendering
>>>    targets:
>>> 
>>>    - grayscale rendering, with or without optimization for subpixel
>>>      positioning (e.g. Mac OS\ X)
>>> 
>>>    - 'GDI ClearType' rendering: the rasterizer version, as returned
>>>      by the GETINFO bytecode instruction, is in the range 36\<=
>>>      version<\ 38 and ClearType is enabled (e.g. Windows XP)
>>> 
>>>    - 'DirectWrite ClearType' rendering: the rasterizer version, as
>>>      returned by the GETINFO bytecode instruction, is>=\ 38,
>>>      ClearType is enabled, and subpixel positioning is enabled also
>>>      (e.g.  Windows\ 7)
>>> 
>>>    GDI ClearType uses a mode similar to B/W rendering along the
>>>    vertical axis, while DW ClearType applies grayscale rendering.
>>>    Additionally, only DW ClearType provides subpixel positioning
>>>    along the x\ axis.
>>> 
>>>    The command line option expects *string* to contain up to three
>>>    letters with possible values '`g`' for grayscale, '`G`' for GDI
>>>    ClearType, and '`D`' for DW ClearType.  If a letter is found in
>>>    *string*, the strong stem width routine is used for the
>>>    corresponding rendering target.  The default value is '`G`' which
>>>    means that strong stem width handling is activated for GDI
>>>    ClearType only.  To use smooth stem width handling for all three
>>>    rendering targets, use the empty string as an argument, usually
>>>    connoted with '`""`'.
>>> 
>>>    In the GUI, the option is split into three sets of radio buttons
>>>    to select the stem width routine for a given rendering target.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Please test and enjoy!
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     Werner
>