Re: [Devel] TrueType font-scaling

[Vincent Caron]

Ole André Vadla Ravnås wrote:
> http://web.sysrq.no/zole
>
> What these two pictures show is some arbitrary TrueType-font that I
> copied from the MS Windows XP installation -- displayed in size 8 and 9,
> respectively. Size 8 looks horrible, 9 and up looks fine.
>
> So, I wonder, is this a bug in freetype?

Nope, this is not a bug. You just crossed a threshold where there is not 
enough pixels to properly display the characters and make the hints 
valuable. Using subpixel rendering will help in this case (ie. 
anti-aliasing). This is actually what Windows do : below a given size, 
anti-aliasing is activated and hinting disabled. If you turn on AA, very 
small sizes (5-8 pixels) may be readable.