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Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf vie
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Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers) |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:38:34 +0200 (CEST) |
>> I was able to reproduce the missing dots with ftview in the
>> embedded file RSOAVR+Lohit-Devanagari.ttf (attached, they are OFL).
>> With native default hinter enabled, some dots are always missing
>> with sizes less than 57. There is no problem with autohinter or
>> with hinting disabled. ftview 48 RSOAVR+Lohit-Devanagari.ttf
>
> Specifically TrueType engine v40 and v35 do the damage. v38 is
> fine. Nikolaus?
The font is hinted with my ttfautohint program but using an older,
buggy version: For example, MS Visual TrueType reports
Glyph ID 2
Critical Error:
Inst: WS Storage index out of range. Index = 96, Range = 0 .. 95
At ByteOffset: 223 Of function: 4
In other words, Windows stops hinting and displays the glyph unhinted.
FreeType, on the other hand, tries to continue with hinting – in many
situations this is a good decision, but here we have a case where the
result is bad.
BTW, using the current version of Lohit Devanagari (2.95.4), which has
been hinted with a newer version of ttfautohint, the rendering is OK.
Werner
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Derek B. Noonburg, 2018/10/01
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/02
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Derek B. Noonburg, 2018/10/02
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers),
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Werner LEMBERG, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/04
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Werner LEMBERG, 2018/10/06
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/10/06
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Werner LEMBERG, 2018/10/06
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Hin-Tak Leung, 2018/10/07
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Werner LEMBERG, 2018/10/07
- Re: [ft-devel] Rendering issues with xpdf (and other Linux based pdf viewers), Derek B. Noonburg, 2018/10/08