Re: [ft] Asterix cropped in Arial 10

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I am using Freetype 2.3.9 to generate BDF Fonts from TrueType
> Fontfiles with the help of the otf2bdf commandline tool by
> M. Leisher.
> 
> The Asterix sign " * ",

You are reading far too much comics :-)  This glyph is called `Asterisk'.

> 0x2A, from Arial Unicode MS degenerates in point size 10 @ 72 dpi to
> a 3x3 bitmap showing only the lower two beams of the star looking
> like a pico-^.  It gets cropped at the top somewhere in or below
> ft_raster1_render().

No, it isn't cropped.  This 3x3 bitmap is the correct monochrome
rendering at this point size.  An `uncropped' star would need too much
vertical space.

You might debug the hinting with fontforge to see the details.


    Werner