> > As FreeType does not offer to its users such a license, it cannot
> > implement hinting mechanisms in its renderer. So FreeType cannot
> > use fonts hinted with Apple technology. This means that font
> > authors cannot seriously sell hinted font designs to FreeType
> > users, and these fonts will only work in compliant environment
> > that include such a license such as Windows, MacOSX, and possibly
> > other vendor-supported environemnts.
>
> As far as I can see there is nothing in the patents to stop FreeType
> rendering TrueType fonts containing hinting instructions so long as
> it doesn't make use of these hinting instructions. These patents
> don't prevent it making use of the basic glyph outline instructions
> in a font.
Exactly. Check the TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING configuration
option of FreeType.
Werner
