Re: Gets vertical skylines from grob stencils (issue 5626052)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> From what i see, the skylines are now more precise than they need to
> be - every glyph has a skyline of 10 or so boxes, even if it's a
> single letter! (see attached)

I second this.

> I think the proper solution would be to:
> a) set minimal "step" size to 0.2 staffspace (or more in case of
> bigger objects)
> b) change outlines from "stairs" to glued lines (what Joe suggested).
> This would allow for even less "fragments" for each skyline.

I still think that the `bounding outline' should be defined in the
Metafont code for Emmentaler glyphs.  However, this should be rather
easy to add later on in case we try this route.

Caching glyph outlines certainly helps, BTW.


    Werner