Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts

[Dave Crossland]

On 4 July 2012 20:15, vernon adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>On 4 July 2012 17:28, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> please test the current git.  I have slightly changed the code in the
>> auto-hinter which recognizes flat segments; it now accepts a broader
>> group of shapes.  As a consequence, handling of serif fonts like
>> Palatino or Quattrocento should be much improved.
>>
>> I have also imported this code to ttfautohint.
>
> I was hoping this would fix the 'Q-tail' effect, but it hasn't.
> Please see the tails on uppercase Q's at 17, 16, 15 px
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kA_3D758Iks/T_GZDZ5yIeI/AAAAAAAAD4E/9Fl0PH15BIY/s949/ubuntu-XP-firefox-ttfautohint-wgGD.png

Hmmm, yes. Diagonals are always tricky :-)

> i notice that file sizes of ttfautohinted fonts are only a slight
> % larger than the manual hinted originals now :)

That is really super news!

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Cheers
Dave