> I have some absolutely minimal FreeType code that just tries to
> render simple A-Z glyphs with the iOS system font, "Helvetica Neue
> Interface."
>
> I am seeing FT results that are horribly disfigured like the
> attached file bad_hinting.png or you can see the same image here:
>
> http://postimg.org/image/dplczjbeb/
Hinting? AFAIK, Apple platforms don't do hinting at all.
> As you can see, random character strokes are thick and random
> strokes are thin, as if FT were trying to fit my text to some coarse
> grid.
To check whether there is a problem with the hinting as done with
FreeType, you should copy the font to a Windows platform and compare
the results.
Looking at the first font in the TTC with ftview, I get decent results
if I activate subpixel hinting.
Werner
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