Bug 117 - Support a "degree of hinting" pattern element
Summary: Support a "degree of hinting" pattern element
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: fontconfig
Classification: Unclassified
Component: library (show other bugs)
Version: 2_1
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Keith Packard
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Blocks: 118
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Reported: 2003-09-23 12:32 UTC by Owen Taylor
Modified: 2003-09-22 20:28 UTC (History)
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Patch adding FC_HINT_STYLE key (2.12 KB, patch)
2003-09-23 12:36 UTC, Owen Taylor 		Details | Splinter Review
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Description Owen Taylor 2003-09-23 12:32:41 UTC 
The tradeoff between 

 - Faithfullness to original letter shapes
 - Degree of contrast

Is a matter of user preference, also dependent on font shapes,
resolution, and quality of hinting available. It should be
possible to change through fontconfig.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2003-09-23 12:36:55 UTC 
Created attachment 59 [details] [review]
Patch adding FC_HINT_STYLE key

This is what we've been using in Red Hat for the last year or so...
(If you do something different, I'd appreciate it if you use a 
different name for the key, since that will make migration problems
less.
Comment 2 Owen Taylor 2003-09-23 13:28:13 UTC 
2003-09-23  Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
        * fontconfig/fontconfig.h  src/fcdefault.c (FcDefaultSubstitute)
        src/fcname.c: Add a FC_HINT_STYLE key for patterns, with
        possible values HINT_NONE/HINT_SLIGHT/HINT_MEDIUM/HINT_FULL.
        (Bug #117)

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