[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 9975] Broken outline for ampersand when using hinting at tiny size

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9975


bl.bugs at gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




------- Comment #2 from bl.bugs at gmail.com  2007-02-18 14:22 -------
Hinting shouldn't exactly be used at those tiny sizes, since it doesn't make
sense anymore when only 1 or 2 pixels are available. In Windows for example
I've seen the hinting just being turned off if you show glyphs at those tiny
sizes. It should be possible to setup fontconfig/freetype as well to get that
effect if you insist on displaying fonts at size 1ppem.

Next to the fact that hinting at that size is useless, it's also technically
almost impossible to adjust hinting for that size. Hinting instructions start
acting very weird at those sizes, as they aren't meant for it (I doubt
ampersand is the only glyph with problems at size 1ppem...). Hence I'd say that
any effort in trying to modify the shape at that size is better put in hinting
new glyphs.

Marking as wontfix.

Greetings
Ben


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