Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 21:16:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Koop Mast <kwm@FreeBSD.org>, gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freetype2 to 2.7.1 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703142112200.99217@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <837827e1-6bfe-7e57-5120-4c9867dc57eb@FreeBSD.org> References: <837827e1-6bfe-7e57-5120-4c9867dc57eb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > It would be really courteous to add an UPDATING entry about this update. > Specifically, because of the important changes between 2.6.5 and 2.7 as > described here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html > > Not everyone follows freetype development and announcements, and some users were > already quite surprised (including myself). > > P.S. > Perhaps it would be worthwhile explicitly mentioning > FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35 Just that alone seems to not turn off the new ultra-super-mega hinting, which results in green and red shades on verticals on my system. Not to mention that many fonts look different... Maybe that setting in combination with some build options? I appreciate the effort in maintaining this and keeping it up to date. It's just that I would like to set it to look the way it did before.
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