Re: [ft-devel] change FT_Outline_Funcs API

[Werner LEMBERG]

> What will it take to change FT_Outline_Funcs API?

There won't be changes for backwards compatibility.

> I am talking about shift and delta.  Freetype does not use them and
> sets them zero.  Google search outside seems to show the same.  This
> API is so inflexible that it is useless.

I invite you to design a new, more flexible API.

> On the other hand, subpixel rendering scales outlines 3 times in one
> or the other direction.  THAT would be useful thing to do in
> FT_Outline_Decompose!  Instead we do it in ft_smooth_render_generic
> and what is even more ugly we need to scale back, which is total
> waste of time.

There are a lot of such issues due to FreeType's slow development.  I
suggest to collect ideas for FreeType 3 in the bug tracker.


    Werner