>>> And dropping support, and/or compatibility/ awareness of intended >>> usages of outcome in other *cough* microsoft *cough* hinting >>> models? >> >> Well, the Infinality stuff was basically unmaintained; it >> essentially consisted of a large bunch of exceptions for some >> special fonts. Alexei and I agree that we no longer need this. >> There was not a single voice objecting to its removal, by the >> way... > > Great! > > Given that freetype still somehow has the role of a free software > reference interpretation of the loose MS instructed gridfit > description, it can only be welcomed if freetype-specifics get out > of that.
What exactly do you mean with 'freetype-specifics'? The Infinality patch aimed to implement v38 of the MS TrueType interpreter as close as possible, and for the supported fonts it worked quite well. Werner