Re: Font hinting problems solved - sort of?
Really cool. Thanks.
Phil Messenger <phil@interfluix.net> writes:
> Hi,
> You're probably aware that by default the font hinting with antialiased
> fonts in OpenOffice leaves a lot to be desired. The font FAQ indicates
> that this is because of the Apple patent problems with Freetype. Still,
> I've discovered that it's fairly trivial to work aroud this without
> actually modifying anything or rebuilding OpenOffice. This obviously
> depends on you having a freetype library on your system which does have
> autohinting and the bytecode interpreter enabled.
>
> Simply:
>
> export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
>
> before executing 'openoffice' results in nicely hinted fonts.
>
> Without:
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~philmes/oo-freetype/without.png
>
> With:
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~philmes/oo-freetype/with.png
>
> Phil.
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