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Re: Bug#216667: Freetype patent issues



On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 23:12, Anthony Fok wrote:

> I just did some experiments, and it seems that the "prettier" version
> (http://descent.netsplit.com/~scott/fonts-upstream.png) was rendered with
> FreeType's "autohinting" on.  In that case, I suggest modifying
> /etc/fonts/local.conf and uncomment the following:
> 
> <!-- Uncomment below to enable the freetype autohinter module -->
> <!--
>   <match target="font">
>     <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
>       <bool>true</bool>
>     </edit>
>   </match>
> -->
> 
Nope, I don't even have the above in my local.conf (not even to
uncomment).  The only difference between the two screenshots was that
one was using Debian's freetype package and the other the same source
but without the patch I suggested removing.

(Switched with an LD_PRELOAD, so using the same config files).

Scott
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