Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:08:59 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: About that Freetype2 update Message-ID: <1064934538.46705.13.camel@sisko.webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <1064910135.48606.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <200309300115.05714.metrol@metrol.net> <1064910135.48606.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Am Di, den 30.09.2003 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke um 10:22: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 04:15, Michael Collette wrote: > > Marcus, > > > > The Freetype2 port itself worked quite nicely. Upgraded properly, no compile > > problems. I had been looking forward to seeing this get updated due to some > > visual problems with Scribus. > > > > Long story short, I uninstalled the new version and added the old one back in > > via a package. All of my TrueType fonts here got real jaggedy. They were > > readable, but the quality was seriously degraded. > > > > I run with a KDE desktop and no anti-aliasing, as this is a laptop. AA on an > > LCD screen just looks fuzzy. I should note that with AA turned on, the new > > Freetype2 does just fine. The not so subtle difference is when there isn't > > any AA help. > > > > I should also note that this was certainly no fix for Scribus. With the > > updated version of Freetype2 I wasn't able to even see any True Type fonts at > > all. > > > > Without doing any real investigative work, I'm leaning to one of three > > explanations here... > > > > 1. Something is goofy in this new version of Freetype2 > > 2. Freetype2 reall wanted that byte code interpreter after all > > 3. I need to recompile the applications that depend on Freetype2 > > > > No major crisis here, as the old version seems to still be doing just fine. > > Thought I'd pass along what all I saw with this new one just the same. > > Everything here looks beautiful. You're free to test your assumptions > above. If the byte-code interpreter helps, I can always add that back > in as an option. > i had the a problem with blur font display after upgrading to the latest version. adding back bytecode solves it. here some screenshots with and without bytcode enabled: http://webonaut.com/temp/bytecode/ franz. > Joe > > > > > Later on, -- WEBONAUT.com http://webonaut.com mailto:klammer@webonaut.com
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