[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] RFR: 8214481: freetype path does not disable TrueType hinting with AA+FM hints

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

looks good to me.

Regards

Prasanta

On 28-Nov-19 1:30 AM, Phil Race wrote:
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214481
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8214481/
>
> This is a small change  so that when the RenderingHints for
> text antialiasing is specified together with fractional metrics hints,
> JDK asks freetype to disable hinting.
>
> This is what JDK7 and 8 used to do with the closed code and it appears
> apps have gotten used to it.
>
> It helps animation and makes sense to linearly scale the advances
> and the images.
>
> A regression test would not tell you much here except that the image
> rendering is probably not the same. There's no way to confirm it is 
> unhinted.
> And platforms such as Mac don't hint anyway .. so it is a no-op there 
> as well
> as at many sizes of even hinted fonts.
>
> -phil.
>
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