> The central issue, however, is not platform specific. Font hinting
> means non-linear width scaling, while our zoom is built on the
> assumption that fonts scale linearly from one point size to another.
Erm, (afaik!) it is NOT. That assumption is just a flawed assumption on
Windows only.
Correct me if I'm wrong (dom?). If so, I didn't say anything. If not,
the Windows graphics class needs fixing. Not all platforms.
> To the contrary; bugs like 7687 are precisely due to the fact that we
> try to scale everyting ourselves. If we used the normal win32
> technique, [snip]
Yeah, and that is exactly the problem. We need to use a common way in
doing things. OR we scale all things ourselves, OR we let the platform
do it. Mixing it up like we currently do results in problems. As can be
seen in said bug.
Marc
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