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Re: [ft] disabling hinting completely?
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft] disabling hinting completely? |
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Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:03:13 +0200 (CEST) |
> Is it possible to disable hinting completely?
Yes.
> Would the fonts look exactly as they look in Windows without
> anti-aliasing?
No. Anti-aliased (TrueType) fonts in Windows are hinted normally, at
least at small sizes.
> By the way, is hinting still needed to render fonts without
> anti-aliasing?
Hinting normally greatly improves the font shapes at small sizes...
> I want to disable hinting completely to avoid patent
> issues.
You might check TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING configuration
macro.
Werner