Re: [ft-devel] New `slight' auto-hinting mode

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Somehow the hinting engine must know the fractional offset,
>> otherwise it can't do sub-pixel hinting – either an explicit
>> argument, or the position of the left phantom point, or...
> 
> Huh???  Filtering blurs all boundaries.  Repeat 10 times.  It blurs
> pixel boundaries.  It also blurs subpixel channel boundaries.
> Forget about any hinting with LCD rendering and never waste your
> time.

Repeat 10 times: There also exists grayscale ClearType!  Not
everything is LCD :-)


    Werner