Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:09:44 +0100 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Norbert Papke <npapke@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/139603: [patch] Clarify subpixel smoothing for fonts in Handbook Message-ID: <1260810584.26053.1.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> In-Reply-To: <200912140839.10642.npapke@acm.org> References: <200912141451.nBEEpIqM081040@freefall.freebsd.org> <200912140839.10642.npapke@acm.org>
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--=-msAk+n7wcRj1Xq0emNVg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Norbert Papke p=ED=B9e v po 14. 12. 2009 v 08:39 -0800: > Although some smoothing is performed even with the option disabled, enabl= ing=20 > the option does improve the visual quality of the rendered font. IMHO th= e=20 > difference is quite apparent. >=20 > There are some note about this in the API documentation: >=20 > http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2- > lcd_filtering.html Yeah, this has been discussed in past years on various mailing lists, now I remember. IMHO this is too minor to justify inclusion in the Handbook. --=20 Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks. --=-msAk+n7wcRj1Xq0emNVg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Toto je =?UTF-8?Q?digit=C3=A1ln=C4=9B?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_podepsan=E1?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=C4=8D=C3=A1st?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_zpr=E1vy?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAksmcVcACgkQntdYP8FOsoK+lgCdG2LGYBYwXtd3F/XLwc/TD0b6 QFgAoKok9lPVwU0TtwrDz0hcCzvS5bzh =Hysn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-msAk+n7wcRj1Xq0emNVg--
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