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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 18:15:41 CEST 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 11 May 2011 14:03, Z&#233; &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mmodem00 at gmail.com</A>&gt; wrote:
+&gt;<i> Yes i also agree that should exist this option, and AFAIK when patents
+</I>&gt;<i> were still active, it was needed to turn bytecode interpreter, and in
+</I>&gt;<i> that time fonts were smooth, speacially for whos used to use small
+</I>&gt;<i> fonts, but even for who uses bigger fonts, its always better to not
+</I>&gt;<i> have bytecode interpreter
+</I>
+How do you know what would look better for those who use bigger fonts
+if you use small fonts yourself? :)
+
+How do you know what would look better for other users who use small
+fonts but different types of monitors, have different eyesight, i.e.
+different preferences of how fonts looks best in their eyes?
+
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+&gt;<i> (by the way, still in mandriva 2010.1
+</I>&gt;<i> bytecode interpreter was off).
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>
+Because the patent hadn't expired yet when 2010.1 was released, and
+2010.1 still uses freetype2-2.3.12 (and no one enabled the BCI after
+the patent expired).
+
+&gt;<i> 2011/5/11 Dimitrios Glentadakis &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dglent at gmail.com</A>&gt;:
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> &#931;&#964;&#953;&#962; &#932;&#949;&#964;&#940;&#961;&#964;&#951; 11 &#924;&#940;&#953;&#959;&#962; 2011 05:57:07 Z&#233; &#947;&#961;&#940;&#968;&#945;&#964;&#949;:
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> In mandriva sincepatent expiration in freetype, fonts display wasnt
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> smoth anymore and appeared ugly fonts, this used to exist just in
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> plf..
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> But since theres no patents issues pending, why not old rendering
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> algorithms by default (disable bytecode interpreter), that way fonts
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> will have a better rendering and look.
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> This is most true for guys that are used to use small fonts, for
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> example im used to use Sans size 8, like its now in mageia, they dont
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> look very good and also appear smaller that if using bytecode
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> interpreter disabled, so to be able to have a good rendering font
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> look, i always repackage freetype2.
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> Why not Mageia start using also bytecode interpreter disabled by default?
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> I reported a wish here:
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240</A>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> --
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Dimitrios Glentadakis
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> --
+</I>&gt;<i> Z&#233;
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>
+
+
+--
+Ahmad Samir
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