On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 05:29, Michal Bukovjan wrote: > Han Boetes wrote: > > Michal Bukovjan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > >>I remember that someone from MDK team wants to start upgrading > >>freetype libs and look into font issues. > >> > >>Perhaps this could come in handy: > >> > >>http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dchest/xfthack/ > >> > >>From screenshots it looks VERY good! > > > > > > Yup. I just made a _TEST_ rpm that uses the patch build against current > > cvs. > > > > You will have to force the install of the normal rpm if you revert to > > the normal rpms. But the rpms works. And it looks very nice :) > > > > I just haven't thoroughly tested it yet. > > > > Why, thanks! > > Just testing it on my cooker machine, GNOME2 environment and apps seem > to look better... > OpenOffice Writer, by first looks, looks way better than with current > Cooker or PLF freetype2 versions. It even (mostly) fixed my misplaced > cursor during typing! > > So far it works great for me (I happen to have an athlon, too :-) > > Michal > > FYI,
I've been using it for about two weeks and have been quite pleased. I emailed David Chester the author to find out whether he had enabled the BYTECODE_INTERPRETER. Per his response: "No, my custom freetype does not have TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER enabled. I think it looks better with it off anyway. Thanks for your interest. David C." John
