Re: [OpenJDK 2D-Dev] [11] Cannot use italic font style with MS Gothic and MS Mincho fonts

[Ichiroh Takiguchi]

Hello.

According to my investigation, FT_Render_Glyph() was not called
even if FT_GlyphSlot_Oblique() was called.
=========
    if (ftglyph->format == FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_OUTLINE) {
        FT_Render_Glyph(ftglyph, FT_LOAD_TARGET_MODE(target)); <<===
    }
=========

It seemed FT_Load_Glyph() and renderFlags affected this issue.

On my Windows,
For "MS Mincho" with italic, renderFlags was "FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO | 
FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP | FT_LOAD_RENDER".
I also tested "Meiryo" font (it could handle italic style)
For "Meiryo" with italic, renderFlags was "FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO | 
FT_LOAD_RENDER".

I think, after FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP is turned on, FT_LOAD_RENDER should be 
turned off.
So how about following fix ?

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diff -r 1edcf36fe15f 
src/java.desktop/share/native/libfontmanager/freetypeScaler.c
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/native/libfontmanager/freetypeScaler.c	Wed 
Jul 18 11:57:51 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/native/libfontmanager/freetypeScaler.c	Fri 
Jul 27 19:44:12 2018 +0900
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@

     if (!context->useSbits) {
         renderFlags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP;
+        if (context->doBold || context->doItalize) {
+            renderFlags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;
+        }
     }

     /* NB: in case of non identity transform
=========


On 2018-07-25 19:29, Ichiroh Takiguchi wrote:
Hello.
I'm using jdk-11+23 build on Japanese Windows 7.

I ran Font2DTest Demo, then select like:
Font: MS Mincho
Range: Basic Latin
Method: drawString
Size: 24
Style: Italic

But style was not changed to Italic.
Antialiasing and Fractional Metrics did not affect this issue.

I assume it's side-effect for:
8204929: Fonts with embedded bitmaps are not always rotated

Could you check it ?

Thanks,
Ichiroh Takiguchi
IBM Japan, Ltd.