Re: [ft-devel] Regression in 2.3.6

[Andrey V. Panov]

On 23 июня 2008, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > After upgrade to 2.3.6 version freetype dysplays CMU Concrete font
> > (http://cm-unicode.sourceforge.net ) with lower height for some
> > small Latin letters (g, u, dotlessi) than for other ones (e.g. x, o,
> > etc.) at some sizes (19, 21 ppem).
>
> I think this is a bug in the hinting of those glyphs.  IMHO, the
> topmost horizontal hint of letter `u' (and others like `i' and `j') is
> too small.  In the attached image it can be clearly seen that the
> topmost hstem doesn't include the topmost points.
>
> If you change the hint height of the topmost hint from 59 to 73 font
> units, the glyph renders perfectly at all sizes.

I know about it. But the font was produced in batch regime, so it could not be 
changed easily. Moreover future versions for CMU fonts are unlikely.

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Andrey V. Panov
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