Re: [ft-devel] New `slight' auto-hinting mode

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Specifically, would you agree with this plan?
> 
> - Autohinter warping option will migrate from LIGHT to NORMAL

There are some issues.

. NORMAL currently means full auto-hinting, i.e., hinting along both
  the horizontal and vertical axes.  I believe we can't change that.

. Since NORMAL already comes with horizontal hinting, there is no need
  for `warp'.

. Do all people agree that `warp' is a rendering improvement?

So: What exactly do you mean with `migrate from LIGHT to NORMAL'?

> - Autohinter LIGHT and LCD modes will switch to fractional advances

For LIGHT, I'm not sure that we can do that for backward
compatibility...  For me, this was one of the reasons for suggesting a
new auto-hinting mode.  IMHO, it's a very bad idea to change such a
fundamental property.


    Werner