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Re: [ft-devel] merged CFF and Type1 hinting code now in master


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] merged CFF and Type1 hinting code now in master
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:22:32 +0100 (CET)

> I believe that TrueType without bytecode are handled by autohinter
> that still respects NORMAL and LIGHT flags.  What happens to
> CFF/Type1 without hints?

Unfortunately, it is not possible to recognize this without parsing
the whole font, including all glyphs.  We could argue, however, that a
Type 1 or CFF font that lacks global blue zone information should be
handled by the auto-hinter.

What do you think?  This wouldn't be difficult to implement.


    Werner

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