RE: [ft-devel] ft-smooth for 2.1.10?

[Turner, David]

> Now, there is also the compile-time configuration from
> ftconfig.h which
> confuses me a bit in combination with the above:
>
What do you mean ?

> Does any of the LIGHT options force the auto-hinter being
> used (when it is compiled in), or does the LIGHT flag *only* work when the
> auto-hinter is selected by other means already?
>

At the moment, FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT doesn't force auto-hinting.
However, I'll make a patch tonight in the CVS because it really
should.

> The latter might explain why I am not seeing a difference in my test
> app.
>
If you have the bytecode interpreter turned on, you shouldn't
be able to see any difference. "light hinting" doesn't mean anything
to the TrueType interpreter, or even the Postscript one :-)

For the impatient, try stuffing this before line 526 in src/base/ftobjs.c,
that should do the trick.

------------------ cut here ---------------------------------
    /* force auto-hint for LIGHT hinting mode */
    if ( autohint && FT_LOAD_TARGET_MODE(load_flags) == FT_RENDER_MODE_LIGHT )
      load_flags |= FT_LOAD_FORCE_AUTOHINT;
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Regards,

- David
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