[ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts
Folks, please test the current git. I have slightly changed the code in the auto-hinter which recognizes flat segments; it now accepts a broader group of shapes. As a consequence, handling of serif fonts like Palatino or Quattrocento should be much improved. I have also imported this code to ttfautohint. Cf. this bug report: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=36091 Werner ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts
I was hoping this would fix the 'Q-tail' effect, but it hasn't. Please see the tails on uppercase Q's at 17, 16, 15 px https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kA_3D758Iks/T_GZDZ5yIeI/D4E/9Fl0PH15BIY/s949/ubuntu-XP-firefox-ttfautohint-wgGD.png ps i notice that file sizes of ttfautohinted fonts are only a slight % larger than the manual hinted originals now :) -v On 4 Jul 2012, at 16:28, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Folks, > > > please test the current git. I have slightly changed the code in the > auto-hinter which recognizes flat segments; it now accepts a broader > group of shapes. As a consequence, handling of serif fonts like > Palatino or Quattrocento should be much improved. > > I have also imported this code to ttfautohint. > > Cf. this bug report: > > https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=36091 > > >Werner > > ___ > Freetype-devel mailing list > Freetype-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts
δΊ 07/04/2012 11:28 PM, Werner LEMBERG ει: please test the current git. I have slightly changed the code in the auto-hinter which recognizes flat segments; it now accepts a broader group of shapes. As a consequence, handling of serif fonts like Palatino or Quattrocento should be much improved. I have also imported this code to ttfautohint. Cf. this bug report: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=36091 This remind me of the problem where stroke with a slight curvature at the end. The segment at the end cannot be detected in that case. See the thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-05/msg00013.html ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts
On 4 July 2012 20:15, vernon adams wrote: >On 4 July 2012 17:28, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> >> please test the current git. I have slightly changed the code in the >> auto-hinter which recognizes flat segments; it now accepts a broader >> group of shapes. As a consequence, handling of serif fonts like >> Palatino or Quattrocento should be much improved. >> >> I have also imported this code to ttfautohint. > > I was hoping this would fix the 'Q-tail' effect, but it hasn't. > Please see the tails on uppercase Q's at 17, 16, 15 px > https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kA_3D758Iks/T_GZDZ5yIeI/D4E/9Fl0PH15BIY/s949/ubuntu-XP-firefox-ttfautohint-wgGD.png Hmmm, yes. Diagonals are always tricky :-) > i notice that file sizes of ttfautohinted fonts are only a slight > % larger than the manual hinted originals now :) That is really super news! -- Cheers Dave ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
