Does this mean we will be able to have LCD text in Canvas as a result of this?
On 21/06/2013, at 14:44, Richard Bair <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe it is in b94 for Mac, was just turned on for Windows so it will be > next week at the earliest. It should give LCD text quality on Mac, yes. > However I don't believe we've played with the kerning metrics yet (Felipe?) > > Richard > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 9:43 PM, "John C. Turnbull" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So when will we see this new native font rendering? Is it in b94? >> >> Also, will this result in an improvement in rendering quality? >> >> On 21/06/2013, at 14:35, Richard Bair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Up until now we've been using T2K to do font measurement / rasterizing. It >>> is what is used also by Java2D. It is native code, but what we mean by >>> "native font rendering" is relying on APIs in the native OS to do the font >>> rasterizing (and such) rather than T2K. >>> >>> Because this is new code, it just hasn't been finished for all platforms. >>> Felipe is working on the linux implementation. >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> On Jun 20, 2013, at 9:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I see that this release of font code includes "native font rendering". >>>> >>>> What is this actually referring to? Does JavaFX 2 and 8 prior to the >>>> b94 (or whichever build has this native font rendering) not do native >>>> font rendering? >>>> >>>> Can someone explain exactly what "native font rendering" actually >>>> means and whether it is something new? >>>> >>>> Also, why is not available on Linux? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -jct >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Daniel Zwolenski" >>>> To:"Felipe Heidrich" >>>> Cc:"[email protected] Mailing" >>>> Sent:Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:21:22 +1000 >>>> Subject:Re: javafx-font opensourced >>>> >>>> This time sending to the list (gets me every time!): >>>> >>>> Great news! >>>> >>>> Danno - where does this put us with the JFX78 backport? Can we get a >>>> build >>>> of this for iOS now or what's needed to close this loop? >>>> >>>> The RoboVM Maven plugin is working. I'd be keen to make it work with >>>> JFX >>>> auto included so basically you can create a normal project and run >>>> mvn >>>> robovm:ipad-simulator (robovm:ios-device is under construction) and >>>> next >>>> thing you have a running JFX app on iOS, no mess, no fuss. >>>> >>>> I have a pitch for a suite of fairly major app development next week. >>>> So >>>> many unknowns with JFX and app development at this stage! I'm still >>>> pretty >>>> disappointed that JFX on iOS/Android is not officially supported by >>>> Oracle >>>> (such a massive wtf? for me) - makes it such a risky prospect for us >>>> on the >>>> front line. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Felipe Heidrich wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We have just open-sourced javafx-font and javafx-font-native! >>>>> >>>>> Note that a lot of the code we open-sourced today is a new >>>> implementation >>>>> based on native text technologies (CoreText for the Mac and >>>> DirectWrite for >>>>> Windows). >>>>> >>>>> We still have a lot of work to do: >>>>> - finishing the new linux implementation is a big one >>>>> - testing >>>>> - improve on sub pixel position text >>>>> - etc >>>>> >>>>> Help is most welcome, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Felipe >
