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List:       freetype-devel
Subject:    Re: [ft-devel] merged CFF and Type1 hinting code now in master
From:       Werner LEMBERG <wl () gnu ! org>
Date:       2017-09-25 18:12:37
Message-ID: 20170925.201237.1485816788794023693.wl () gnu ! org
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>> I've just committed Ewald's GSoC project to master.  Please test!
> 
> Sorry, I've been a bit out of the loop on this....
> 
> Does this mean that Type 1 hinting will now be applied to the scaled
> outline?

No.  Adobe's CFF engine will now hint Type1 fonts.  Since FreeType's
Type1 hinter was notoriously bad and rather unmaintained, this will
give us a large quality improvement.


    Werner

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