> Hm, but I thought increasing the x-height is disabled by default
> because ..._MAX is set to 0?
No, the `much more increasing' is disabled, not the `increasing',
which is still slightly preferred to decreasing.
> Is this effect maybe related to missing subpixel hinting?
No.
> Stems must be
> 1. Download
> https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Open+Sans
> 2. Load OpenSans-Regular.ttf in ftview, look at sizes 10, 13, 15, 19
> 3. Press A and B and compare where the bytecode and the autohinter
> align the top of capital letters, also press h to compare with the
>
While testing Alexei's scaling trick, I rediscovered an old source of
irritation (apart from the barely visible dot on the "i").
1. Download https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Open+Sans
2. Load OpenSans-Regular.ttf in ftview, look at sizes 10, 13, 15, 19
3. Press A and B and