On Fri, 17 May 2002 23:32:36 +0200, Danny Tholen wrote: > >> > Slight improvement is perhaps possible. In the freetype2 src you find: >> > /src/truetype/ttinterp.c: >> > #undef NO_APPLE_PATENT >> > >> > defining this seems to disable the specific algorithm that is supposedly >> > patented. In other words: you do get a bytecode interpreter (ofcourse you >> > have to enable it first) with a few algoritms for font hinting, but not >> > the patented ones. >> > >> > It is very font-dependent how this will look. I attach a screenshot of 4 >> > MS-ttf fonts enlarged with xmag. Do not use a zoomfactor when comparing >> > them, because zooming will affect how it looks. >> > >> > I think it looks slightly better, exept for some Arial glyphs with lots >> > of diagonals (this is specifically where the algorithm applies) WDYT >> > Frédéric? >> >> Since you saw the problem with Arial fonts, you can understand why the >> Freetype developers didn't activate the bytecode interpreter.. And we >> can't either.. > > Huh? Did you understand what I wrote? This other option gives > slightly better quality, and can probably be enabled without legal trouble.
Yes, I read what you wrote : quality was better with some fonts but worse with other (Arial) => since Arial is used a lot, we can't have a worse Arial rendering than current one.. -- Fr�d�ric Crozat MandrakeSoft
