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diff --git a/docs/CHANGES b/docs/CHANGES index 95f0e397f..2151c8431 100644 --- a/docs/CHANGES +++ b/docs/CHANGES @@ -79,13 +79,34 @@ CHANGES BETWEEN 2.10.4 and 2.11.0 - Improved Meson build support for the library. - - Meson support to build The FreeType demo programs. + - Meson support to build the FreeType demo programs. - - `ttdebug` didn't show changed point coordinates (bug introduced in - version 2.10.3). + - A new demo program `ftsdf` is available to display Signed Distance + Fields of glyphs. - - The graphical demos now work better in native color depth on win32 - and x11. + - The `ftlint` demo program has been extended to do more testing of + its input. In particular, it can display horizontal and vertical + acutances for quality assessment, together with computing MD5 + checksums of rendered glyphs. + + [The acutance measures how sharply the pixel coverage changes at + glyph edges. For monochrome bitmaps, it is always 2.0 in either + X or Y direction. For anti-aliased bitmaps, it depends on the + hinting and the shape of a glyph and might approach or even reach + value 2.0 for glyphs like 'I', 'L', '+', '-', or '=', while it + might be lower for glyphs like 'O', 'S', or 'W'.] + + - The `ttdebug` demo program didn't show changed point coordinates + (bug introduced in version 2.10.3). + + - It is now possible to adjust the axis increment for variable fonts + in the `ftmulti` demo program. + + - It is now possible to change the hinting engine in the `ftstring` + demo program. + + - The graphical demo programs work better now in native color depth + on win32 and x11. ====================================================================== |