From e7d1fb3142b5e79b83a6267e1a838341b05fc154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Lemberg Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:01:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * docs/PROBLEMS: Mention rendering differences on different platforms. Suggested and worded by Jason Owen . --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ docs/PROBLEMS | 15 ++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6d1597154..b4ca1fa8a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-02-24 Werner Lemberg + + * docs/PROBLEMS: Mention rendering differences on different + platforms. + Suggested and worded by Jason Owen . + 2011-02-24 Werner Lemberg [autofit] Comment out unused code. diff --git a/docs/PROBLEMS b/docs/PROBLEMS index 9b598966a..40bdc35a6 100644 --- a/docs/PROBLEMS +++ b/docs/PROBLEMS @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Running Problems ----- Of course, there might be bugs in FreeType, but some fonts based on -the PostScript format can't behandled indeed. The reason is that +the PostScript format can't be handled indeed. The reason is that FreeType doesn't contain a full PostScript interpreter but applies pattern matching instead. In case a font doesn't follow the standard structure of the given font format, FreeType fails. A typical example @@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ It might be possible to patch FreeType in some situations, though. Please report failing fonts so that we investigate the problem and set up a list of such problematic fonts. + +* Why do identical FreeType versions render differently on different + platforms? + +----- + +Different distributions compile FreeType with different options. The +developer version of a distribution's FreeType package, which is +needed to compile your program against FreeType, includes the file +ftoption.h. Compare each platform's copy of ftoption.h to find the +differences. + + ----------------------------------------------------------------------