In regard to: [Gimp-developer] Re: GIMP-1.3 and Win32, Tor Lillqvist said...: >Hans Breuer writes: > > - having the *exactly* same results with fonts on different > > platforms would require to use the same font file > >And even with identical font files, the results might be different >because some platforms will have the TrueType bytecode interpreter >disabled in Freetype (as it is by default in the sources, AFAIK) >because of the patent issues. Possibly this doesn't matter for text >sizes one would typically use a GIMP text tool for, though. With very recent FreeType (IIRC 2.1.3 and later) the FreeType authors no longer recommend enabling the bytecode interpreter (even if the patent issues are a non-issue for you), because the improvements to the hinter actually make it do a better job than the patent-restricted bytecode interpreter. Not everyone will have a recent enough version, but it does mean that "Is the bytecode interpreter enabled?" question will eventually go away. See: http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/2.1.3-explained.html http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html and note that 2.1.4 contains additional improvements to the hinter. Tim -- Tim Mooney mooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Information Technology Services (701) 231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, IACC Building (701) 231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164
