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+ <H1>[Mageia-dev] why not disable bytecode interpreter in freetype2 ?</H1>
+ <B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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+ <I>Wed May 11 06:32:08 CEST 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 11 May 2011 05:57, Z&#233; &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mmodem00 at gmail.com</A>&gt; wrote:
+&gt;<i> In mandriva sincepatent expiration in freetype, fonts display wasnt
+</I>&gt;<i> smoth anymore and appeared ugly fonts, this used to exist just in
+</I>&gt;<i> plf..
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+</I>&gt;<i> But since theres no patents issues pending, why not old rendering
+</I>&gt;<i> algorithms by default (disable bytecode interpreter),
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+Because upstream enables them by default, and they do know more about
+their own code.
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+&gt;<i> that way fonts
+</I>&gt;<i> will have a better rendering and look.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>
+Different people, different eyes, different preferences. What looks
+good to you doesn't necessarily look good for the rest of the
+population :)
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+&gt;<i> This is most true for guys that are used to use small fonts, for
+</I>&gt;<i> example im used to use Sans size 8, like its now in mageia, they dont
+</I>&gt;<i> look very good and also appear smaller that if using bytecode
+</I>&gt;<i> interpreter disabled, so to be able to have a good rendering font
+</I>&gt;<i> look, i always repackage freetype2.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>
+Same as above, I think. And since you can spin your own packages so
+it's not a problem for you...
+
+&gt;<i> Why not Mageia start using also bytecode interpreter disabled by default?
+</I>&gt;<i> --
+</I>&gt;<i> Z&#233;
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>
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+Ahmad Samir
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