GNU bug report logs - #29078
25.2; font issue with FreeType 2.8; should not use the rounded ascender and descender

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Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.2

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: vincent <at> vinc17.net, 29078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29078: 25.2; font issue with FreeType 2.8; should not use the rounded ascender and descender
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:00:30 +0100

Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org> writes:

>
> No.  The `scalable' branch must make a distinction between TrueType
> and non-TrueType fonts if the font gets fully hinted (i.e., if the
> TrueType bytecode gets interpreted), something like
>
>   if (scalable)
>     {
>       if (use_truetype_bytecode_hinting(font))

Hmm, ok. Then it becomes a question of determining how to define
'use_truetype_bytecode_hinting', which is not immediately obvious to
me.

Robert
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