Re: [Freetype-devel] Re: GSOC - Distance Fields

[Werner LEMBERG]

> [...] Initially I thought that FreeType supports saving glyph
> bitmaps to file.  But Alexei clarified that.  So now I think the
> saving part can be left to the external application to decide.

OK.

>>> What 'image' dimensions are we talking about?  Usually, Freetype
>>> glyph bitmaps are very small, and compressing them would be a
>>> complete waste of time.
>>
>> Ah, the (assumed/estimated) number of the pixels should be
>> discussed for first... Anuj, please give us some informations.
>
> The output DF will be slightly larger than the original one (20-30%
> in dimension) to contain the spread.

This means that compression can be ignored IMHO :-)

> Also, I can see **Message not available* *after my emails in the
> freetype-devel archives.

AFAICS, this is a pure accident.  The (automatically) deleted messages
are spam, I reckon.

> Am I doing something wrong?

No, I don't think so.


    Werner