diff --git a/docs/CHANGES b/docs/CHANGES index 95f0e397f..2151c8431 100644 --- a/docs/CHANGES +++ b/docs/CHANGES @@ -79,13 +79,34 @@ CHANGES BETWEEN 2.10.4 and 2.11.0 - Improved Meson build support for the library. - - Meson support to build The FreeType demo programs. + - Meson support to build the FreeType demo programs. - - `ttdebug` didn't show changed point coordinates (bug introduced in - version 2.10.3). + - A new demo program `ftsdf` is available to display Signed Distance + Fields of glyphs. - - The graphical demos now work better in native color depth on win32 - and x11. + - The `ftlint` demo program has been extended to do more testing of + its input. In particular, it can display horizontal and vertical + acutances for quality assessment, together with computing MD5 + checksums of rendered glyphs. + + [The acutance measures how sharply the pixel coverage changes at + glyph edges. For monochrome bitmaps, it is always 2.0 in either + X or Y direction. For anti-aliased bitmaps, it depends on the + hinting and the shape of a glyph and might approach or even reach + value 2.0 for glyphs like 'I', 'L', '+', '-', or '=', while it + might be lower for glyphs like 'O', 'S', or 'W'.] + + - The `ttdebug` demo program didn't show changed point coordinates + (bug introduced in version 2.10.3). + + - It is now possible to adjust the axis increment for variable fonts + in the `ftmulti` demo program. + + - It is now possible to change the hinting engine in the `ftstring` + demo program. + + - The graphical demo programs work better now in native color depth + on win32 and x11. ====================================================================== diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.ANY b/docs/INSTALL.ANY index e1c4a46ec..f36c2e071 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL.ANY +++ b/docs/INSTALL.ANY @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ I. Standard procedure formats) src/raster/raster.c -- monochrome rasterizer + src/sdf/sdf.c -- Signed Distance Field driver src/smooth/smooth.c -- anti-aliasing rasterizer -- auxiliary modules (optional) diff --git a/include/freetype/freetype.h b/include/freetype/freetype.h index da93e814d..29a0f7131 100644 --- a/include/freetype/freetype.h +++ b/include/freetype/freetype.h @@ -3445,7 +3445,8 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * * which is known as the OVER operator. * - * To correctly composite an antialiased pixel of a glyph onto a surface, + * To correctly composite an anti-aliased pixel of a glyph onto a + * surface, * * 1. take the foreground and background colors (e.g., in sRGB space) * and apply gamma to get them in a linear space, diff --git a/include/freetype/ftdriver.h b/include/freetype/ftdriver.h index fc4276c0f..59ae8431f 100644 --- a/include/freetype/ftdriver.h +++ b/include/freetype/ftdriver.h @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * @properties section. * * - * **Hinting and antialiasing principles of the new engine** + * **Hinting and anti-aliasing principles of the new engine** * * The rasterizer is positioning horizontal features (e.g., ascender * height & x-height, or crossbars) on the pixel grid and minimizing the - * amount of antialiasing applied to them, while placing vertical + * amount of anti-aliasing applied to them, while placing vertical * features (vertical stems) on the pixel grid without hinting, thus * representing the stem position and weight accurately. Sometimes the * vertical stems may be only partially black. In this context, - * 'antialiasing' means that stems are not positioned exactly on pixel + * 'anti-aliasing' means that stems are not positioned exactly on pixel * borders, causing a fuzzy appearance. * * There are two principles behind this approach. @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * sizes are comparable to kerning values and thus would be noticeable * (and distracting) while reading if hinting were applied. * - * One of the reasons to not hint horizontally is antialiasing for LCD + * One of the reasons to not hint horizontally is anti-aliasing for LCD * screens: The pixel geometry of modern displays supplies three vertical * subpixels as the eye moves horizontally across each visible pixel. On * devices where we can be certain this characteristic is present a @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * weight. In Western writing systems this turns out to be the more * critical direction anyway; the weights and spacing of vertical stems * (see above) are central to Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin type - * designs. Even when the rasterizer uses greyscale antialiasing instead + * designs. Even when the rasterizer uses greyscale anti-aliasing instead * of color (a necessary compromise when one doesn't know the screen * characteristics), the unhinted vertical features preserve the design's * weight and spacing much better than aliased type would. diff --git a/src/sdf/ftsdfrend.c b/src/sdf/ftsdfrend.c index 8df333a80..420ad496c 100644 --- a/src/sdf/ftsdfrend.c +++ b/src/sdf/ftsdfrend.c @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ } /* preset the bitmap using the glyph's outline; */ - /* the sdf bitmap is similar to an antialiased bitmap */ + /* the sdf bitmap is similar to an anti-aliased bitmap */ /* with a slightly bigger size and different pixel mode */ if ( ft_glyphslot_preset_bitmap( slot, FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL, origin ) ) {