Around 9 o'clock on Feb 21, David Turner wrote:
> - in order to create an abstract "glyph array" whose role is to: > > * provide an array of font/glyph indices > > * provide for each glyph its position in _device-independent_ > coordinates > > * provide a way to map glyph <->characters with the "glyph array" I'm surprised the underlying layout engine generates device-independent positions; the metrics of the glyphs are sometimes greatly affected by hinting; it seems likely that these relative glyph positions will have visible errors on low-resolution devices. > As an example, the latest version of "libXft" does work with any X server, > but only provides anti-aliased text if the "Render" extension is provided. > This should help migrate legacy applications to the new model rather > easily (and transparently to users..) Actually, can provide equivalent rendering capabilities on any server with a 'TrueColor' visual; it's just a *lot* slower than using the Render extension, especially when running over a network. Of course it's configurable so that you can use non-AA text when desired for better performance. Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team Compaq Cambridge Research Lab _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
