Re: [ft] Questions about ClearType rendering

[Werner LEMBERG]

>     1. what would be an ideal application to use for factoring out
>     the grid layout issues ? Basically what app makes the best out
>     of FreeType rasterization ? Would it be ftview ?

Both ftview and ftstring do subpixel rendering (the latter even
provides track kerning support), but no program does correct filtering
(yet) à la ClearType.

>     2. I'm a software developer myself so I'm willing to work on
>     Xterm to address the grid positioning issues. Can you please
>     provide me with any pointers to how this is supposed to be
>     addressed ?

Sorry, I can't help here.  Maybe you should contact Keith Packard and
the maintainer of xterm.


    Werner