On Fri, 2023-12-15 at 17:55 -0800, John Neffenger wrote: > On 12/15/23 2:21 PM, Mark Raynsford wrote: > > 2. Add an -fx-font-hinting CSS attribute that, by default, will > > be > > set to false. Setting this value to true will enable hinting > > using whatever is the default (in other words, not setting > > FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING). > > Have you thought of a 'prism.hinting' system property similar to the > current 'prism.lcdtext'? > > Simply being able to toggle off FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING would, I think, > result in text rendering on Linux similar to the JDK (vertical-only > hinting when using FreeType 2.8 or later). > > A system property would allow end users to control the hinting, too, > with the added benefit of being a very simple code change.
I have, yes. I actually considered properties for each of these, but I thought it more important to be able to specify them on a node-by-node basis. Of course, I could always do both, as with the way font smoothing is right now (prism.lcdtext and -fx-font-smoothing-type: gray). :) -- Mark Raynsford | https://www.io7m.com
