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Re: [ft-devel] Regression in 2.3.6
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mpsuzuki |
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Re: [ft-devel] Regression in 2.3.6 |
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Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:31:54 +0900 |
Hi,
According to:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/2d/new_features.html#FH
>Font Rasterizer support for TrueType hinting
>
>Before this release, the T2K font rasterizer used by
>Java 2D did not support font-hinting for TrueType fonts.
>As a result, when TrueType fonts did not always display
>with a consistent, attractive appearance. For this release,
>the T2K rasterizer has been modified to use the hints
>stored in the TrueType fonts.
And, According to:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2007-July/000136.html
still T2K rasterizer (maybe modified) is used in the source
of Java written by Sun. Yet I don't know other implementation
that uses another TrueType rasterizer.
Regards,
mpsuzuki
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:20:28 +0200 (CEST)
Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Apparently, java has own font engine.
>
>I seem to recall that Java sources are now freely available. Can you
>check details, please?
>
>
> Werner