> Can you tell me how to do it in freetype to get the effect shown in > the hinting-bitmap.png? No matter what I do, I can't achieve such > an effect.
You have to use `FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO`. I strongly suggest that you study the source code of `ftview`: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype-demos/-/blob/master/src/ftview.c?ref_type=heads Werner