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Re: [Freetype] FT and Apple patent
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Brian Stell |
Subject: |
Re: [Freetype] FT and Apple patent |
Date: |
Sun, 05 May 2002 09:48:50 -0700 |
Nir Rostoker wrote:
>
> Hi !
> In Free Type explanation of the issue of Apple's patent or Anti-aliasing
> byte codes, there is an example of the influence
> of configure Free type to work with their patent.
> I have noticed that the affects are quite sever, for instance W become there
> actually Bold when its not supposed to, however on several test I have done
> with Free Type with anti-aliasing, I haven't noticed such affects.
>
> How crucial, as far as you know, for LCD with resolution of 72 X 72 Dpi ?
For LCD displays subpixel rendering can help quite a bit:
http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~hankd/SUBPIX/Index.html
(Of course this is not available for CRT displays.)
If you are using Xft this should be on by default.
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Brian Stell
Re: [Freetype] FT and Apple patent,
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Re: [Freetype] FT and Apple patent, David Turner, 2002/05/14