Re: [Freetype] FT and Apple patent

[Brian Stell]

Nir Rostoker wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> In Free Type explanation of the issue of Apple's patent or Anti-aliasing
> byte codes, there is an example of the influence
> of configure Free type to work with their patent.
> I have noticed that the affects are quite sever, for instance W become there
> actually Bold when its not supposed to, however on several test I have done
> with Free Type with anti-aliasing, I haven't noticed such affects.
> 
> How crucial, as far as you know, for LCD with resolution of 72 X 72 Dpi ?

For LCD displays subpixel rendering can help quite a bit:
http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~hankd/SUBPIX/Index.html
(Of course this is not available for CRT displays.)

If you are using Xft this should be on by default.

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Brian Stell