Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:22:15 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Collette <metrol@metrol.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: About that Freetype2 update Message-ID: <1064910135.48606.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200309300115.05714.metrol@metrol.net> References: <200309300115.05714.metrol@metrol.net>
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--=-bZdE5jz6LTnqcBVl1MOh Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 04:15, Michael Collette wrote: > Marcus, >=20 > The Freetype2 port itself worked quite nicely. Upgraded properly, no com= pile=20 > problems. I had been looking forward to seeing this get updated due to s= ome=20 > visual problems with Scribus. >=20 > Long story short, I uninstalled the new version and added the old one bac= k in=20 > via a package. All of my TrueType fonts here got real jaggedy. They wer= e=20 > readable, but the quality was seriously degraded. >=20 > I run with a KDE desktop and no anti-aliasing, as this is a laptop. AA o= n an=20 > LCD screen just looks fuzzy. I should note that with AA turned on, the n= ew=20 > Freetype2 does just fine. The not so subtle difference is when there isn= 't=20 > any AA help. >=20 > I should also note that this was certainly no fix for Scribus. With the=20 > updated version of Freetype2 I wasn't able to even see any True Type font= s at=20 > all. >=20 > Without doing any real investigative work, I'm leaning to one of three=20 > explanations here... >=20 > 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 >=20 > No major crisis here, as the old version seems to still be doing just fin= e. =20 > 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. Joe >=20 > Later on, --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-bZdE5jz6LTnqcBVl1MOh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/eT03b2iPiv4Uz4cRAg/JAJ9DWxc7xb19blhO3oIqid+Dk6d12ACeLtZd tc5kjnfLZWTmrJS3so0dk5U= =dnPx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-bZdE5jz6LTnqcBVl1MOh--
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