[cairo] [PATCH] Apply GASP parmeters to TrueType fonts

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "NM" == Nicholas Miell <nmiell at gmail.com> writes:

NM> These flags override FontConfig and the Cairo API settings entirely in
NM> order to always render fonts correctly. I've added a comment to that effect.

The users’ preferences, as specificed in fontconfig, always must override
anything in the font.

Whether gasp tables are “correct” is a matter of opinion.  Blindly
accepting the gasp recomentations can result in bitmap glyphs uglifying
an otherwise anti-aliased display.  

The ability to query the fonts’ gasp tables is a good thing, but only
for users who want to do that.  Many of us do not.  The gasp query
probably should be done in fontconfig, arranged so that a fonts.conf
snippet can query and apply the gasp recommendations.  That would ensure
that users can choose whether to apply or ignore them.

-JimC
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