Merged on master. Kind regards, Ben.
On 22/04/17 21:18, Andrea Aime wrote: > Pull request here: > > https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1561 > > Cheers > Andrea > > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 to enable by default. For good examples, have a look at Vesy St and >> West St and Park Pl West on the left. W/e and V/e pairs are some of those >> most in need of kerning, and the improvement looks great to me. >> >> Kind regards, >> Ben. >> >> On 27/03/17 03:49, Andrea Aime wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> a question on stackoverflow [1] prompted me to look into font kerning in >>> java. After a few >>> attempts I managed to enable it and imho indeed the result looks >>> prettier... but one has to >>> look carefully :-) >>> >>> I've created a before and after example, with a "difference" image >>> highlighting in red what >>> changed (so that you don't get lost looking for the differences, mind, >>> some >>> labels changed just slightly, >>> others in a more visible way): >>> >>> - Before: >>> http://demo.geo-solutions.it/share/kerning/roads_no_kerning.png >>> - After: http://demo.geo-solutions.it/share/kerning/roads_kerning.png >>> - Difference: http://demo.geo-solutions.it/s >>> hare/kerning/difference.png >>> >>> I still need to run a few extra tests (and check how much performance >>> we're >>> going to lose >>> by enabling it, as it requires a more complex layout), but given the >>> results, I'd be inclined >>> to enable this by default, with a vendor option to turn it off in case >>> someone finds issues with it. >>> >>> Opinions? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Andrea >>> >>> [1] >>> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/233346/kerning-in-geoserver-labels >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GeoTools-Devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel >>> >>> >> -- >> Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> >> Director >> Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> >> New Zealand >> > > > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ GeoTools-Devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
