Re: [Devel] autohinting of m

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > I wonder whether the `!dimension' to restrict that feature to the
> > vertical direction is necessary at all.  I can imagine that
> > characters like Greek Uppercase Xi would benefit also.
> 
> The problem with making the patch work in the vertical direction is
> that the third (the lowest) stem might end up a pixel above or below
> the baseline.  So, unless you would want to actually consider
> vertical symmetry in determining the blue zones (which I think is
> not worth the sacrifice), I think this method is only applicable to
> the horizontal direction.

Thanks for the information.  I'll add a comment to the code.


    Werner