Re: [Devel] TrueType font-scaling

[Ole André Vadla Ravnås]

On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 10:21, Vincent Caron wrote:
> Ole André Vadla Ravnås wrote:
> > http://web.sysrq.no/zole
> > 
> > What these two pictures show is some arbitrary TrueType-font that I
> > copied from the MS Windows XP installation -- displayed in size 8 and 9,
> > respectively. Size 8 looks horrible, 9 and up looks fine.
> > 
> > So, I wonder, is this a bug in freetype?
> 
> Nope, this is not a bug. You just crossed a threshold where there is not 
> enough pixels to properly display the characters and make the hints 
> valuable. Using subpixel rendering will help in this case (ie. 
> anti-aliasing). This is actually what Windows do : below a given size, 
> anti-aliasing is activated and hinting disabled. If you turn on AA, very 
> small sizes (5-8 pixels) may be readable.

Ah, I see. Thanks! By the way -- another stupid question while I'm at it
:)) Why are the same TrueType-fonts a lot bigger in my Linux environment
than in Windows? Size 7 in Windows equals size 9 in my Linux environment
it seems.

Thanks,
Ole André