Re: [dev-context] [Fwd: Re: Debian Context Font problems]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Boguslaw Jackowski wrote:

NP> Mark mentioned it several times, it seems to be the freetype renderer. NP> xpdf per default uses t1lib and with t1lib rasterizer it does work NP> without problems.

Sorry, I'm not on the list dev-context@ntg.nl, I received only the letter from you and (one) from Mike Bird , who wrote:

Ahh, sorry, I didn't get this. Yes. He found out that not only with kpdf, but also with xpdf -t1lib no the same problem occurs. And in the absence of t1lib rendering xpdf uses freetype renderning.

The only thing we can do -- at this stage -- is to experiment with global hints (I hope it is not an urgent matter...). Or maybe freetype team will earlier spot the reason? Has anybody informed them?

No idea. Maybe we should involve someone from the upstream freetype team? Does anyone of you have contact with freetype developers? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining Università di Siena Debian Developer Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWTHER (vb.) (Of a large group of people who have been to the cinema together.) To stand aimlessly about on the pavement and argue about whatever to go and eat either a Chinese meal nearby or an Indian meal at a restaurant which somebody says is very good but isn't certain where it is, or have a drink and think about it, or just go home, or have a Chinese meal nearby - until by the time agreement is reached everything is shut. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff