Re: The current state of rendering and overlap

Skef Iterum <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:20:01 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.fonts.freetype.devel
Organization Iterum Software Consulting LLC
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I'm not necessarily looking for a "fix", I just want to verify that the 
CFF2 side is doing what it can and should be.

I did run into the thread Cosimo links to in my research, but of course 
CFF doesn't have either of the glyf flags or any equivalent.

It's easy enough to add FT_OUTLINE_OVERLAP to any glyph loaded from a 
CFF2 font. Whether that makes sense is one thing I'd like advice about. 
There's currently no such code.

Skef

On 12/19/23 03:04, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> I'm afraid I don't have an exact overlap-less example handy because
>> the equivalent static font also hints a bit differently, hiding the
>> issue. But I'm referring to the fact that the upper serifs cover the
>> upper parts of the stems but the pixels above the stems are darker, so
>> the overlapping area appears to be double-counted.
> Thanks.  I'm not sure that this can be improved at such low
> resolutions.
>
> Alexei?
>
>
>      Werner