[cairo] Subpixel Positioning w/FreeType

Ian Britten britten at caris.com
Thu Oct 8 07:49:45 PDT 2009


Freddie Witherden wrote:

> I am wondering about any current or future proposals for supporting  
> subpixel positioning with FreeType. Subpixel positioning -- not to be  
> confused with subpixel rendering/anti-aliasing -- allows for more  
> accurate glyph positioning.

FYI - Dunno if you've seen this before, but here is an (older)
post from FT, which I think is covering some of this (And more).
It also has some nice screenshot examples.
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2007-07/msg00007.html

Hope it helps!  (Apologies if it's not relevant)
Ian



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