> [...], we can definitely use 8 bit output to represent SDF and
> render acceptable text using it. Now, we can either eliminate the
> current 16 bit output, or, we can keep both 16 and 8 bit output.
> What do you think will be the better option? I think we should keep
> a single output (probably 8 bit) and later add an option to directly
> output floating point data (if we decide to add floating point
> calculations to FreeType)
I have no opinion on this due to lack of experience with SDF
applications.
Maybe others can chime in and give comments? It probably makes sense
to ask on the 'freet...@nongnu.org' e-mail list, too.
Werner
