From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 08:09:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53AF416A4B3; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sv02.webonaut.com (kirk.webonaut.com [212.41.243.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92CA44025; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:09:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from klammer@webonaut.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sv02.webonaut.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C9D76456; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:08:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sv02.webonaut.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sv02.webonaut.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96360-08; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:08:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.9] (sisko.webonaut.com [212.41.243.28]) by sv02.webonaut.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2398D76454; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:08:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Franz Klammer To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1064910135.48606.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <200309300115.05714.metrol@metrol.net> <1064910135.48606.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1064934538.46705.13.camel@sisko.webonaut.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:08:59 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at webonaut.com cc: Michael Collette cc: FreeBSD Mailing Lists Subject: Re: About that Freetype2 update X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:09:03 -0000 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