Frederic Crozat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:38:19 +0100, Han Boetes wrote:
> > Frederic Crozat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Name        : freetype2  Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > > Version     : 2.1.3      Vendor: MandrakeSoft
> > > Release     : 4mdk       Build Date: Mon Jan 13 16:20:48 2003
> > 
> > This time I won't be making a rogue rpm. :)
> 
> BTW, the hinting enhancement from David Chester have been merged in
> Freetype CVS.. 

But this release mixes the best of both worlds. Nice rounding and 
no mist on straight lines. Only letters like W and y are still not 
perfect, but we are getting there.

Only one thing: the plf package uses pattented hinting from windows
which imho looks quite bad compared to this. Only now I have to override
urpmi's behaviour to get the latest versions and ignore the plf package.
I suppose there are people who prefer the plf way so I am afraid this is
the only solution. :|    

> They will be in Freetype 2.1.4 (I don't plan to merge them in 
> cooker package since they may have side effects and I prefer to wait
> for them to be "stabilized" in Freetype CVS, if necessary..

Hmmm yes it would be very open source like to get all parameters that
David Chester tweaked in faders so you can decide for yourself how you
want your fonts antialiased. /me is daydreaming a bit.



# Han
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