to slightly increase the contrast of smooth hinting. This is very similar
to what the auto-hinter does when it comes to stem width computations.
However, it produces better results with well-hinted fonts..
want to list them all here. The operations performed were all logical
transformations of the sources:
- trying to convert all enums and constants to CAPITALIZED_STYLE, with
#define definitions like
#define my_old_constants MY_NEW_CONSTANT
- big, big update of the documentation comments
* include/freetype/freetype.h, src/base/ftobjs.c, src/smooth/ftsmooth.c,
include/freetype/ftimage.h: adding support for LCD-optimized rendering
though the new constants/enums:
FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD, FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD_V
FT_PIXEL_MODE_LCD, FT_PIXEL_MODE_LCD_V
this is still work in progress, don't expect everything to work correctly
though most of the features have been implemented.
* adding new FT_LOAD_XXX flags, used to specify both hinting and rendering
targets:
FT_LOAD_TARGET_NORMAL :: anti-aliased hinting & rendering
FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO :: monochrome bitmaps
FT_LOAD_TARGET_LCD :: horizontal RGB/BGR decimated hinting & rendering
FT_LOAD_TARGET_LCD_V :: vertical RGB/BGR decimated hinting & rendering
note that FT_LOAD_TARGET_NORMAL is 0, which means that the default
behaviour of the font engine is _unchanged_.
a problem with the handling of the deprecated version of the Type 2
endchar command, that emulates Type 1 'seac'.
This version now works with the GhostScript-to-FreeType bridge
currently under development.
of the "load_flags" parameter of FT_Load_Glyph and FT_Load_Char from
"FT_Int" to "FT_Int32", this in order to support more options.
this should only break binary and/or source compatibility on
16-bit platforms (Atari?)
src/autohint/ahangles.h, src/autohint/ahglyph.c, src/autohint/ahhint.c,
src/autohint/ahtypes.h: the automatic and Postscript hinter now
automatically detect inflection points in glyph outlines and treats
them specially. This is very useful to prevent nasty effect like the
disappearing diagonals of "S" and "s" in many, many fonts..
preferences. The header freetype.h is not now affected, the interface is
specified via an FT_Parameter, the pointer to the interface is hidden in an
internal part of the face record, and all the definitions are in ftincrem.h.
development forum: "If FT_CONFIG_OPTION_INCREMENTAL is undefined
(this is the default), the TrueType loader crashes in line 852 of
src/truetype/ttgload.c when it tries to access face->glyph_locations.".
sfnt_dir_check now ignores the tables 'glyx' and 'locx' which are hacked-out
versions of 'glyf' and 'loca' in some PostScript Type 42 fonts, and will
generally be invalid.
David Turner
Werner Lemberg
Graham Asher