Hi Werner and others,
I am experimenting with statically linking FreeType in Chromium instead of dynamically linking against the system version of FreeType. Doing this, I get unexpected rendering differences:
Even if I statically link against the same numerical version of FreeType as it is on my Ubuntu 14.04 system, I get a different rasterization result than when I dynamically link against this system version library. The screenshot I am attaching shows the before - dynamically linked against system - vs. after, statically linked against the same version.
I am not sure I am interpreting the image correctly, but it seems that I am losing hinting somehow.
Are there any modifications for hinting settings in Ubuntu's FreeType version? Or am I missing building/linkage of certain FreeType modules that affect this? Or are there different defaults and I should set them more explicitly?
Thanks for your help,
Dominik
freetype_rasterization_before_after.png