Re: [ft-devel] merged CFF and Type1 hinting code now in master

[Nikolaus Waxweiler]

> I originally suggested allowing LIGHT to use the Adobe hinter because
> the results were so close to the autohinter already. If we want to tie
> LIGHT/NORMAL to the style of hinting used (y vs x+y), I wonder if it
> would make sense to use the autohinter in full x+y mode for NORMAL, so
> the table becomes:
> 
>               LIGHT        NORMAL
> TrueType      Auto         Bytecode
> CFF           Adobe        Auto
> Type 1        Adobe        Auto

Not sure. Remember that what bytecode does is up to the designer. You'd
get auto x+y for T1/CFF and something random for bytecode (regardless of
v35 or v40). Also remember that some fontconfig-using toolkits only know
slight, medium and full and will not allow per-font settings.

I think this is no universal solution except choosing sides.


Also, my patch is faulty because strcmp always returns 0 it seems...
will post a better patch.