Re: [ft-devel] FreeType2 2.8.1 with subpixel rendering breaks QtWebEngine

[Xing]

Dear all,

Is there a way to switch back to the old implementation in 2.8.1 as a 
workaround while waiting for the fix in Skia and QtWebEngine?

Thanks and best wishes
Xing

On 09/19/2017 10:31 AM, Alexei Podtelezhnikov wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Alexei Podtelezhnikov
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Updating freetype2 to 2.8.1 ... breaks the QtWebEngine.
> > Ok. So far Firefox is ahead of the curve in fixing Skia
> > API-non-compliant interface with FreeType (because they were
> > forewarned).. Here is some references:
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400721
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393467
> > https://bugs.chromium.org/p/skia/issues/detail?id=6663
> >
> > These are really quick patches rather than fixes. Does QtWebEngine use
> > Skia by chance?
> QtWebEngine does borrow from Chromium/Skia,
> https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine . You will be fine as soon as Skia is
> updated.
>
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