Re: [ft] [ft-devel] FreeType 2.4.5 has been released

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 06/29/2011 12:11 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > > - If autohinting is not explicitly disabled, FreeType now uses the
> > >    autohinter if a TrueType based font doesn't contain native hints.
> >
> > By default, TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING is not defined in
> > ftoption.h.  Do I need to define it in order to have this working as
> > a fall-back?
>
> No.  Please forget about the unpatented hinting stuff: TrueType
> hinting patents have expired.

I'm aware of that.  The question regards TrueType fonts that don't 
contain native hints.  The release notes mention that in this case, the 
autohinter is used.  I take it that without the autohinter, the would be 
no hinting *at all*.  So using the autohinter as a fallback in this case 
is better than nothing.

At least that's what the release notes are implying.  And my question is 
if this works with TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING undefined.