On 13 May 2011 12:09, Buchan Milne <bgmi...@staff.telkomsa.net> wrote: > > No, this is not what is covered in this bug report. > > Firstly, here are the non-problems: > 1)The bytecode interpreter *can* make fonts look better, *if* they have > hinting in the fonts. Not all ttf fonts have hinting, but AFAIK all the MS > fonts *do* have hinting. > > So, historically, the recommended approach was to use the PLF freetype *if* > you had imported MS fonts (e.g. from a dual-boot Windows installation). > > 2)The Freetype autohinter was implemented later, and improves things for > unhinted fonts, but hinted fonts still looked better with the bytecode > interpreter. > > > This is the problem: > 3)If the bytecode interpreter was enabled, auto-hinting was disabled (or, > could be, for 'medium' and 'heavy' hinting settings) for unhinted fonts. > > The Fedora bug isn't about disabling the bytecode interpreter, but by still > allowing auto-hinting for unhinted fonts if the bytecode interpreter. > > *This* is the right fix. Your insistence to *disable* the bytecode interpreter > (leaving users with *no* options, in case they need hinted fonts) is the wrong > fix. > > But, thanks for the pointer to the bug, which points to the patches.
Anssi has already added that patch to the Mageia freetype2 package about 2-3 months ago. [...] -- Ahmad Samir