[Freetype] Re: [Render] Re: Arial ttf - bad rendering of some glyphs

[David Turner]

> > After review, it seems that it applies even if the "gasp" table isn't
> > stored in the font file. !! I need to dive in the claim details though
> > to be certain. I'm also confident that some of these contradict at least
> > two other patents so also cover so-called "gray-level processing of
> > grid fitted glyphs"..
> >
> > Oh, oh, I wonder if this means new shit on the radar ???
> 
> I don't think so -- we only *expose* the data, we neither process nor
> use it in an algorithmical way.
>

Well, Xft does something similar (more specifically, it uses a table
only to toggle anti-aliasing, while the patent seems to cover combined
anti-alias AND hinting). Again, this question needs careful review..

- David