Re: [ft] Suggestion to improve auto hinter

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> This is probably dependent on the font.  For example, I've just run
>> ftdiff on pala.ttf, and the autohint's vertical size of glyphs is
>> basically always the same as with the unhinted glyphs.  Do you have
>> this `problem' all the time, regardless of the selected font?
> 
> Yes it's dependent on the font or size or something - that's the
> point. Some fonts don't change height, some do.
> 
> I think verab at a requested height of 10 pixels ended up at 9
> pixels after light hinting.

NEVER believe that you can request a height of a glyph!  You can
request rendering for a certain point size at a given resolution (or
directly ask for a certain ppem value), everything else is in the lap
of the gods :-)


    Werner