Re: [matplotlib-devel] mathtext examples

2007-08-06 Thread Michael Droettboom
John Hunter wrote: > On 8/6/07, Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 1) mathtext_example_default_hinting.png - Uses freetype's default >> hinting which uses hinting information in the file along with >> auto-hinting to get around some patents. This is what matplotlib was >> using wh

Re: [matplotlib-devel] mathtext examples

2007-08-06 Thread John Hunter
On 8/6/07, Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) mathtext_example_default_hinting.png - Uses freetype's default > hinting which uses hinting information in the file along with > auto-hinting to get around some patents. This is what matplotlib was > using when I got here. I am still

Re: [matplotlib-devel] mathtext examples

2007-08-06 Thread John Hunter
On 8/6/07, Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > obscure and hackish to worry about the next time that code is modified. > Are there plans to use Agg itself for font rendering in the future > (and thereby push this issue downward?) agg 2.5, and any enhancements Maxim makes to support

Re: [matplotlib-devel] mathtext examples

2007-08-06 Thread Michael Droettboom
Stefan van der Walt wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 03:13:01PM -0400, Michael Droettboom wrote: >> On a related note, the Agg backend suffers a little bit from the lack of >> subpixel character placement. The spacing of symbols can look slightly >> incorrect because of that (since their placeme