Re: [ft-devel] State of autohinter stem darkening

[Nikolaus Waxweiler]

> Perhaps, this is the explanation I was looking for. You are basically
> saying that sRGB imposed by the monitor is not a good idea for high
> contrast text rendering and has to be undone. I can buy that. So when
> you talk about gamma of about 2 you actually mean power of about 1/2.
> I was confused.

Uhm, wait, this is not about "good idea" or taste but rather "technical 
correctness". The sRGB gamma curve is fine as is -- it just needs to be 
taken into account to get the correct rendering. I would say FT produces 
universal bitmaps in linear space because it doesn't know on what 
display they end up on, the rest is up to the rendering library. 1.8 is 
a compromise that will still give good results across a wide range of 
sRGB displays and probably even the 2.2 AdobeRGB ones.