KW> | is a bug; however, as I'm hoping to phase out the current Type 1
KW> | backend in favour of one based on FreeType 2 in time for 4.3.0, I do
KW> | not intend to fix it.
KW> :( ETA for 4.3.0?
Early 21st century.
However, the new unified font backend (Type 1 + TrueType +
OpenType/CFF) should be submitted for inclusion in CVS over the next
weeks.
KW> The general idea has been that if the rendered font will be "too
KW> big" for the medium it is to be displayed on then the request
KW> should be dubbed, as you say, clearly invalid. Is such an
KW> approach feasible and doable at the common layer you speak of?
To a certain extent. You cannot know a priori how large a 12 pt glyph
at 75 dpi is going to be -- it could very well be much larger than the
nominal 12 pixels. However, we could very well impose a limit on
(ptsize * dpi) at the common layer.
It's just that I'm wondering about the right cutoff value. Remember
that at this point you do not know the size of the display yet.
Juliusz
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