>> There is a misunderstanding, see above. `Native' ClearType doesn't do >> y-only hinting! It's simply that advance width modifications are >> ignored in Windows at a later stage, namely in the rasterizer. > > I'm confused. Is this "native ClearType" actually called "Natural > ClearType" or "natural advance widths"?
MS created too many buzzwords :-( `Native ClearType ' means `no ClearType backwards-compatibility mode' `natural ClearType mode' is DWrite talk for subpixel positioning `natural ClearType widths' is GDI talk for integer pixel positioning with subpixel rendering. > What I meant to say is I want the part of ClearType that does Y-only > hinting. MS Windows doesn't support that, and FreeType doesn't support it either. > Does GETINFO == 39 (v2.0) and 40 (v2.1) bring anything to the table > that would be relevant to FT? Versions 39 and 40 essentially add different rendering modes only, which isn't directly relevant to FreeType. >> The second one consists how the hinted outlines are converted to >> raster images. There are big differences between the MS engine and >> FreeType, which can't be `fixed' without completely redesigning >> FreeType. > > Could you provide some specifics? Do you mean how the rasterizer > handles anti-aliasing and subpixel-rendering? The latter: MS uses super-sampling, which *virtually* increases the device resolution by a factor of 10 or so, while FreeType does *really* increase the resolution. Werner _______________________________________________ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel