I'm ashamed to admit it but you are talking about things that are going WAY over my head. I tried to use those programs fontforge and ttx but I failed to get them to run. Something about needing Cygwin, which also generated errors when I tried to install that, and I don't understand TTX.
So my code is supposed to dig into the font file and figure out if hinting is supported? I thought FreeType was plug and go... I just want to open the font and get hinted outlines without worrying. What is a monochrome rendering and how do I test it under Windows? I'm not using FreeType to render...just to extract outlines. And by the way, the autohinting module works pretty damn good! --- On Sat, 1/1/11, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > From: Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: [ft] Bytecode hinter producing bad results, seems to be a > regression > To: thev...@yahoo.com > Cc: freetype@nongnu.org > Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011, 9:43 AM > > > check your font whether my assumption is > correct. I only have > > `Helvetica Neue LT Pro 65 Medium' version 001.000 > (from 2003), but > > this is an OpenType font with CFF outlines. > > Accidentally, I've also found `Helvetica Neue LT Com 65 > Medium' (2.01 > from 2006). My assumption was correct: The `gasp' > table of this font > asks for monochrome rendering in the range 9-15ppem. > > However, I see strange hinting for certain ppem > values. For example, > the monochrome version of `h' at 11ppem misses the left > stem, or the > `C' at 10ppem lacks the middle part (see attached > image). I *can't* > believe that this is FreeType's fault, given that those > strange > rendering results are mainly due to DELTA instructions > which shifts > certain points at certain ppem values by a fixed > amount. Something's > is going on here, and it would be interesting to know more > details. > > Do you have a chance to check monochrome rendering of this > particular > font on Windows? > > > Werner > _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list Freetype@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype