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Re: [ft-devel] autohinter for LCD
From: |
Alexei Podtelezhnikov |
Subject: |
Re: [ft-devel] autohinter for LCD |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:42:19 -0400 |
>>> I am shocked to see that autohinter snaps stems when targeting LCD
>>> as if MONO [...]
>
> I don't see a problem. The stem snapping happens at the threefold
> horizontal resolution, so what?
Subpixel rendering obliterates the concept of pixel boundary itself. Anything
but light does not make any sense.
>>> I suspect this bug is intentional to deal with color fringes
>>> without filtering.
>
> Maybe, yes. However, I don't see a bug. You first have to prove that
> you get better LCD results without stem snapping :-)
I'll do it if you insist.