[opensuse-factory] subpixel hinting and freetype
People say subpixel hinting is not enebled in Freetype build options in 12.1. Why? Is there a reason? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
People say subpixel hinting is not enabled in Freetype build options in 12.1. Why? Is there a reason?
The code which uses the ClearType colour filter is patented by Microsoft, thus it is disabled. Subpixel hinting (in the ClearType sense) itself is not yet added to FreeType; there are the Infinality patches which should be integrated rather soon, I hope. Do you probably mean subpixel positioning of glyphs? Werner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
At Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:09:57 +0100 (CET), Werner LEMBERG wrote:
People say subpixel hinting is not enabled in Freetype build options in 12.1. Why? Is there a reason?
The code which uses the ClearType colour filter is patented by Microsoft, thus it is disabled.
Subpixel hinting (in the ClearType sense) itself is not yet added to FreeType; there are the Infinality patches which should be integrated rather soon, I hope.
FYI, freetype package with Infinality patches is found in OBS M17N:Devel project. It's just for testing, so it might be deleted at any time without warning. I played it a bit, but I didn't like and took back in the end. Any improvements are welcome. Simply do submitreq to M17N:Devel repo. thanks, Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Ilya Chernykh -
Takashi Iwai -
Werner LEMBERG