On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 02:06:04PM +0200, Benjamin Wolsey wrote: > > > This kerning patch changes the expected results in a Gnash test for > > > TextSnapshot (misc-ming.all/TextSnapshotTest.c for anyone interested); > > > is there a way to turn it off? If not, we will have problems dealing > > > with different ming versions. > > > > I guess the only way to be version-independent would be for Gnash > > to use a font with no kerning informations in it. > > Don't think it's worth providing for Ming a way to not use kernings. > > I can't find any description of what's changed in ming. Is there a > commit log or an updated changelog anywhere? discussion was unfortunately in private mail. Anyway the core is that kerning is now used to change the advance value for glyphs in the static text. It's still being explored wheter adding actual kernings in the font can be used by the player. I've tried with static text with no luck (ie: embedding kerning info in the font used by the static text doesn't change the static text rendering). > The fdb file we use hasn't changed at all in the last two years. Does > this mean that it has always had kerning information, but that this > wasn't used by ming when calculating advance values? Correct. > If so, how do we remove the kerning from an fdb file? Now that's a good question. I guess if you extract the fdb from an SWF generated by an older Ming you should get no kerning (those not being embedded in the SWF). See listfdb in Ming utils (not sure about it as I never used it). --strk; () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Ming-users mailing list Ming-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ming-users
