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