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Guenther: /* Rendering Hints */

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Rendering Hints

Guenther: /* Rendering Hints */

2005-08-23T11:29:52Z

Rendering Hints

Guenther: /* Rendering Hints */

2005-08-23T11:24:35Z

Rendering Hints

Guenther at 11:21, 23 August 2005

2005-08-23T11:21:43Z

Guenther: /* Example */

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Example

Guenther: /* Example */

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Example

Guenther: /* Example */

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Example

Guenther: /* Nfonts packages */

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Nfonts packages

Guenther: /* Nfonts packages */

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Nfonts packages

Guenther: /* Example */

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Example

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	* '2' - use instructions in the font, if present		* '2' - use instructions in the font, if present
	* '3' - force automatic hinting		* '3' - force automatic hinting
		+
		+	===Rendering Hint example===
		+
		+	Let's say we have a RenderHints-hack-value of 0x010203. This would then
		+	mean "use antialiasing, on antialiased displays use instructions in the
		+	font and on unantialiased displays force automatic hinting.

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:29, 23 August 2005
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	* '1' - use FreeType's auto-hinter		* '1' - use FreeType's auto-hinter
	* '2' - use instructions in the font, if present		* '2' - use instructions in the font, if present
		+	* '3' - force automatic hinting

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	hinting type hinting type		hinting type hinting type
	on antialiased displays on non-antialiased displays		on antialiased displays on non-antialiased displays
		+
		+
		+	The rendering hint types are as follows:
		+
		+	* '0' - unhinted, use only the font geometry
		+	* '1' - use FreeType's auto-hinter
		+	* '2' - use instructions in the font, if present

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:21, 23 August 2005
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	Version = 2.82;		Version = 2.82;
	}		}
		+
		+	==Rendering Hints==
		+
		+	There's a hack for encoding rendering hints into Nfonts packages. You provide them using
		+	the RenderHints_hack value. It's a 24-bit value (usually given in hexadecimal form), where
		+	the highest-order byte contains information on if we want to use antialiasing by default and the
		+	two following bytes contain hinting information for antialiased displays and non-antialiased
		+	displays.
		+
		+	<-- high-order bits low-order bits -->
		+	[ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D \| 0 0 0 0 0 0 A A \| 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N ]
		+	\| \ / \ /
		+	antialiasing switch \| \|
		+	hinting type hinting type
		+	on antialiased displays on non-antialiased displays

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   	    Name = Regular;
   	    PostScriptName = ArialMT;
- //	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
+ 	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
   	    Traits = 0;
   	    Weight = 5;
@@ Line 70: / Line 70: @@
   	    Name = Italic;
   	    PostScriptName = "Arial-ItalicMT";
- //	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
+ 	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
   	    Traits = 1;
   	    Weight = 5;
@@ Line 83: / Line 83: @@
   	    Name = Bold;
   	    PostScriptName = "Arial-BoldMT";
- //	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
+ 	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
   	    Traits = 2;
   	    Weight = 9;
@@ Line 96: / Line 96: @@
   	    Name = "Bold Italic";
   	    PostScriptName = "Arial-BoldItalicMT";
- //	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
+ 	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
   	    Traits = 3;
   	    Weight = 9;
@@ Line 109: / Line 109: @@
   	    Name = Black;
   	    PostScriptName = "Arial-Black";
- //	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
+ 	    RenderHints_hack = 0x0002;
   	    Traits = 2;
   	    Weight = 12;

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ==Example==
-A typical nfont folder - in this case System.nfont packaged by Jeff Teunissen (Deek) - looks like this:
+A typical nfont folder - in this case Arial.nfont packaged by Jeff Teunissen (Deek) - looks like this:
   Arial.nfont/

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 A typical nfont folder - in this case System.nfont packaged by Jeff Teunissen (Deek) - looks like this:
-  System.nfont/
+  Arial.nfont/
-  System.nfont/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
+  Arial.nfont/ariali.ttf
-  System.nfont/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf
+  Arial.nfont/arial.ttf
-  System.nfont/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
+  Arial.nfont/arialbi.ttf
-  System.nfont/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf
+  Arial.nfont/arialbd.ttf
-  System.nfont/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf
+  Arial.nfont/FontInfo.plist
- System.nfont/FontInfo.plist
+  Arial.nfont/arialblk.ttf
 This is the FontInfo.plist file in that directory:
+  {
       Faces = (
+  	{
   	    Files = (
-  		DejaVuSans.ttf
+  		arial.ttf
   	    );
-  	    Name = Book;
+ 	    LocalizedNames = {
-  	    PostScriptName = DejaVuSans;
+ 		Basque = Arrunta;
   	    Weight = 5;
   	},
+  	{
   	    Files = (
-  		"DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf"
+  		ariali.ttf
   	    );
-  	    Name = "Book Oblique";
+ 	    LocalizedNames = {
-  	    PostScriptName = "DejaVuSans-Oblique";
+ 		English = Italic;
- 	    Weight = 5;
+ 	    };
   	    Traits = 1;
   	    Weight = 5;
   	},
+  	{
   	    Files = (
-  		"DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf"
+  		arialbd.ttf
   	    );
   	    Name = Bold;
-  	    PostScriptName = "DejaVuSans-Bold";
+  	    PostScriptName = "Arial-BoldMT";
   	    Weight = 9;
   	},
+  	{
   	    Files = (
-  		"DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf"
+  		arialbi.ttf
   	    );
-  	    Name = "Bold Oblique";
+ 	    LocalizedNames = {
-  	    PostScriptName = "DejaVuSans-BoldOblique";
+ 		English = "Bold Italic";
- 	    Weight = 9;
+ 	    };
   	    Traits = 3;
   	    Weight = 9;
   	},
+  	{
   	    Files = (
-  		"DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf"
+  		arialblk.ttf
   	    );
-  	    Name = "Bold Condensed Oblique";
+ 	    LocalizedNames = {
-  	    PostScriptName = "DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique";
+ 		English = Black;
-  	    Weight = 9;
+ 	    };
-  	    Traits = 19;
+  	    Name = Black;
+  	}
       );
+  }

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 ==Nfonts packages==
-The [[Arts]] backend manages fonts using so-called nfonts.
+The [[Arts backend]] manages fonts using so-called nfonts.
 Nfonts are hand-crafted directories with a plist file and