Subject: Using FreeType (was Re: Bidirectional support)
From: Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)
Date: Sat Dec 16 2000 - 17:30:02 CST
At 5:40 PM +0100 12/16/00, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:
>Wouldn't it be easier to use something like the (XP) FreeType library <URL:
>http://freetype.sourceforge.net/intro.html > in the first place? This also has
>other advantages like:
Yes, switching to FreeType as the core rendering engine of
AbiWord would has a LOT of advantages - including support for more
font types, better/nicer rendering (via anti-aliasing), a single (XP)
set of code for measuring and rendering text, etc.
However, as always, someone needs to step up to the plate ;).
Leonard
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