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[Dvipng] FreeType render modes
From: |
Tobias Wolf |
Subject: |
[Dvipng] FreeType render modes |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:36:57 +0100 |
Salve,
I’ve seen some results from other renderers which show that some of
Freetypes modes can improve legibility of LaTeX.
I've determined that HINT_MODE_AUTOHINT_LIGHT and FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT
are a good combination. Light autohinting because it does not affect
horizontal advances, only horizontal lines like =, -, _, or T, E.
LCD mode gives better Latin Modern and other Type1 fonts.
Have you considered offering these modes? There is a small tool that can
use all the modes here:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/ft2demos/src/ftdiff.c?revision=1.12&root=freetype&view=markup
Of course the images need to be RGB. 16 gray levels don’t work
obviously.
Regards,
Tobias
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