Re: [Freetype] Nothing rendering Japanese unicode with MS Mincho less than 23 pt (@72 DPI) with FT 2.0.7

[Detlef Würkner]

address@hidden (Mark Maigatter) wrote:

> I have successsfully hooked up 2.0.7 under Windows 2000 to render
> Japanese via Unicode strings that I receive.  This works great with MS
> Mincho and MS PMincho when the point size is 23 pt or higher (@ 72 dpi
> resolution).  However, when the point size goes below this, FreeType is
> not rendering any bits.
> 
> Is this just a problem with the rendering engine dealing with the
> intricate curves of the complex fonts?

This is a problem with your source code that is not prepared to handle
embedded bitmaps. A common mistake is e.g. calling FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap()
without checking before if the data are already in bitmap format.

Between 2.0.5 and 2.0.7 the bug that disabled use of embedded bitmaps
when the autohinter was not explicitly disabled was removed.

If you dont want the embedded bitmaps, but the outlines instead, set the
FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP flag.

Ciao, Detlef
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