Re: [PATCH] Apply GASP parmeters to TrueType fonts
Nicholas Miell <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.lib.cairo |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 01/23/2012 02:22 PM, James Cloos wrote: >>>>>> "NM" == Nicholas Miell <[email protected]> writes: > > NM> These flags override FontConfig and the Cairo API settings entirely in > NM> order to always render fonts correctly. I've added a comment to that effect. > > The users’ preferences, as specificed in fontconfig, always must override > anything in the font. > > Whether gasp tables are “correct” is a matter of opinion. Blindly > accepting the gasp recomentations can result in bitmap glyphs uglifying > an otherwise anti-aliased display. > The GASP table isn't involved in the choice between bitmap glyphs and outline glyphs. > The ability to query the fonts’ gasp tables is a good thing, but only > for users who want to do that. Many of us do not. The gasp query > probably should be done in fontconfig, arranged so that a fonts.conf > snippet can query and apply the gasp recommendations. That would ensure > that users can choose whether to apply or ignore them. I don't understand this at all. Why would you want a "render fonts wrong" option? -- cairo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cairographics.org/mailman/listinfo/cairo