[Mageia-dev] why not disable bytecode interpreter in freetype2 ?

Wed May 11 06:32:08 CEST 2011

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