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author | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2002-05-30 19:22:14 +0000 |
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committer | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2002-05-30 19:22:14 +0000 |
commit | 5bbb4940087afe9e6cf6fff14133f7f5d6c59b2f (patch) | |
tree | 941f9d49b15a37ed02dc42678d1bcc406d554815 /docs | |
parent | d490e3734d6e4b0ef46888f6f55776b36073d4bd (diff) | |
download | freetype2-5bbb4940087afe9e6cf6fff14133f7f5d6c59b2f.tar.gz |
* src/bdf/descrip.mms, src/type42/descrip.mms: New files.
* descrip.mms (all): Updated.
* src/bdf/bdflib.c (_bdf_parse_glyphs): Fix typo which prevented
compilation.
* src/pshglob.c (psh_blues_scale_zones): Fix compiler warning.
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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES b/docs/CHANGES index 9da962bab..fc2de8caf 100644 --- a/docs/CHANGES +++ b/docs/CHANGES @@ -2,52 +2,51 @@ LATEST CHANGES BETWEEN 2.1.1 and 2.1.0 I. IMPORTANT BUG FIXES - - the 'version_info' returned by "freetype-config" in 2.1.0 returned an - invalid value. It now returns 9:1:3 (2.0.9 returned 9:0:3) + - The `version_info' returned by `freetype-config' in 2.1.0 returned an + invalid value. It now returns 9:1:3 (2.0.9 returned 9:0:3). - - 2.1.0 couldn't be linked against applications on Win32 and Amiga - systems, due to a new debug function that wasn't properly propagated - to the system-specific directory in 'builds'. + - Version 2.1.0 couldn't be linked against applications on Win32 and + Amiga systems due to a new debug function that wasn't properly + propagated to the system-specific directory in `builds'. - - various MacOS and Mac OS X specific fixes + - Various MacOS and Mac OS X specific fixes. - - fixed a bug in the TrueType charmap validation routines that made - 2.1.0 over-restrictive over the fonts it could accept. + - Fixed a bug in the TrueType charmap validation routines that made + version 2.1.0 too restrictive -- many popular fonts have been + rejected. - - surprisingly, there was still a very small difference between the - monochrome glyph bitmaps produced by FT 1.x and FT 2.x with the - bytecode interpreter enabled. This was caused by an invalid flag - setting in the TrueType glyph loader that caused the rasterizer to - change its drop-out control mode. This is now fixed, and results - should _really_ be 100% identical + - There was still a very small difference between the monochrome glyph + bitmaps produced by FreeType 1.x and FreeType 2.x with the bytecode + interpreter enabled. This was caused by an invalid flag setting in + the TrueType glyph loader, making the rasterizer change its drop-out + control mode. Now theresults should _really_ be completely identical. - - the TrueType name table loader has been improved to support many - popular though buggy Asian fonts. It now ignores empty name entries, - invalid pointer offsets and a few other sad things. Moreover, name - strings are now loaded on demand, which reduces the memory load of - many faces (e.g. the ARIAL.TTF font file contains a 10Kb name table - containing 70 names) + - The TrueType name table loader has been improved to support many + popular though buggy Asian fonts. It now ignores empty name entries, + invalid pointer offsets and a few other incorrect subtleties. + Moreover, name strings are now loaded on demand, which reduces the + memory load of many faces (e.g. the ARIAL.TTF font file contains a + 10kByte name table with 70 names). - - fixed a bug in the Postscript hinter that prevented family blues + - Fixed a bug in the Postscript hinter that prevented family blues substitution to happen correctly. II. NEW FEATURES - - Three new font drivers in this release !! + - Three new font drivers in this release: - * a BDF font driver, contributed by Franco Narda Zapelli, and - heavily modified by Werner Lemberg, it also supports anti-aliased - bitmaps + * A BDF font driver, contributed by Franco Narda Zapelli, heavily + modified by Werner Lemberg. It also supports anti-aliased bitmaps + (using a slightly extended BDF format). - * a Type42 font driver, contributed by ..... This one is still - experimental but seems to work relatively well but lacks some - charmap support for now - - * a PFR font driver, contributed by David Turner himself. It doesn't - support PFR hinting Beware that BitStream has at least two patents - on this format !! + * A Type42 font driver, contributed by Roberto Alameda. It is + still experimental but seems to work relatively well. Currently, + charmap support is not fully implemented. + * A PFR font driver, contributed by David Turner himself. It doesn't + support PFR hinting -- note that BitStream has at least two patents + on this format! ======================================================================== |