Re: [ft] Existence of Autohinter in the Future ?

[Dave Crossland]

On 25 November 2010 12:40, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I am using Hinting true, Autohinter true, AntiAlias true, Freetype 2.4.2.
>> ...
>> 2. One thing that, in my mind, is really bad about the Autohinter
>>    that when i compare a Text written in Times New Roman and
>>    Liberation Serif, which should have the same width, do not have
>>    the same width.
>>    Is there any way to fix this?
>
> No.  Metrics and glyph shapes have no direct relation.  Normally,
> TrueType fonts contain special bytecode which controls the glyph
> width.  To make Times New Roman and Liberation Serif have the same
> width, the bytecode for controlling the width must do the same.  The
> autohinter doesn't access this bytecode.

So try using Hinting true, Autohinter false, AntiAlias true?