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Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts
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vernon adams |
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Re: [ft-devel] [autohint] improved handling of serif fonts |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:15:28 +0100 |
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/AAAAAAAAD4E/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
>
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