Re: Change in behaviour when loading a glyphs from a font file in 2.13.2

Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:59:45 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.fonts.freetype.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>> We notice a regression/unexpected change in the Freetype library
>>> from version 2.13.2. Can you help clarify if it is a bug in the
>>> FreeType library?
>>>
>>> When rendering the sample font file attached
>>> (sample_font_2.13.2.cff).  The resulting image is incorrect.
>> 
>> 
>> If this font gets inspected with the current git's version of
>> `ftview`, I notice that the scaling for auto-hinting (after
>> pressing key 'f') is very different from the scaling, see attached
>> images.
>> 
>> This smells indeed like a bug.  Alexei?
>
> Just wondering if there was anymore movement around this issue.

Sorry, no.  Please file an issue in our bug tracker so that it isn't
forgotten.

  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues


    Werner