Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
however are there any plans to make it warp in the y direction? No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction $(Q#|(B you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Also, does it operate in tandem with existing hinting techniques, or as an

Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread Collyer, Oliver, SI
On 28 Feb 2011, at 23:10, Werner LEMBERG wrote: however are there any plans to make it warp in the y direction? No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction $(Q#| you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Could it not do something like pick a

Re: [ft-devel] ttfautohint

2011-02-28 Thread JustFillBug
On 2011-02-22, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: Many of the operations allowed in VTT should be auto generatable with autohinter. Ideally, yes. Do you know whether VTT has a high-level language for describing hints, and whether this is published and standardized? I don't know. My idea

Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread JustFillBug
On 2011-02-28, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: however are there any plans to make it warp in the y direction? No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction – you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Without blue zone treatment, glyphs always

Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction $(Q#|(B you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Could it not do something like pick a selection of key letters and work out how best to vertically warp these, using the scoring system, and then

Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread Collyer, Oliver, SI
On 1 Mar 2011, at 09:19, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.orgmailto:w...@gnu.org wrote: No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction $(Q#|(B you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Could it not do something like pick a selection of key letters and work

Re: [ft-devel] a hidden gem: the autohint warper code

2011-02-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
No. By its very nature, such warping can't happen in the `main' hinting direction – you would get uneven glyph heights if you do so. Without blue zone treatment, glyphs always have uneven bottom line. I think the warp can be combined with bluezone management. I don't think this is possible.