True, there's only 13 control values in the CVT. That's not really enough for decent hinting, (I know that's a broad assumption, but I've never seen a manually hinted font work well with that few control values
-- Jason Campbell [email protected] www.campbellgraphics.com www.campbellcomics.com Join me on Facebook: facebook.com/CampbellComics <http://facebook.com/CampbellComics>Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/campbellgraphic 781-799-0457 On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I tried the font in Visual TrueType versions 4.2.1 using the black > > and white and grayscale modes, and I saw the artifacts you noted in > > your initial screenshot. I can't tell exactly what version of the > > Win rasterizer is being used in VTT, as it's all under the hood. > > Thanks. I guess this already answers the problem: It's not a faulty > rendering of FreeType, but `faulty' (this is, not suitable) hinting > for B/W and normal grayscale rendering. Only with ClearType the > TrueType hints yield acceptable results. > > > Werner > >
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