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Diffstat (limited to 'include/freetype/ftdriver.h')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/freetype/ftdriver.h b/include/freetype/ftdriver.h index fc4276c0f..59ae8431f 100644 --- a/include/freetype/ftdriver.h +++ b/include/freetype/ftdriver.h @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * @properties section. * * - * **Hinting and antialiasing principles of the new engine** + * **Hinting and anti-aliasing principles of the new engine** * * The rasterizer is positioning horizontal features (e.g., ascender * height & x-height, or crossbars) on the pixel grid and minimizing the - * amount of antialiasing applied to them, while placing vertical + * amount of anti-aliasing applied to them, while placing vertical * features (vertical stems) on the pixel grid without hinting, thus * representing the stem position and weight accurately. Sometimes the * vertical stems may be only partially black. In this context, - * 'antialiasing' means that stems are not positioned exactly on pixel + * 'anti-aliasing' means that stems are not positioned exactly on pixel * borders, causing a fuzzy appearance. * * There are two principles behind this approach. @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * sizes are comparable to kerning values and thus would be noticeable * (and distracting) while reading if hinting were applied. * - * One of the reasons to not hint horizontally is antialiasing for LCD + * One of the reasons to not hint horizontally is anti-aliasing for LCD * screens: The pixel geometry of modern displays supplies three vertical * subpixels as the eye moves horizontally across each visible pixel. On * devices where we can be certain this characteristic is present a @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * weight. In Western writing systems this turns out to be the more * critical direction anyway; the weights and spacing of vertical stems * (see above) are central to Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin type - * designs. Even when the rasterizer uses greyscale antialiasing instead + * designs. Even when the rasterizer uses greyscale anti-aliasing instead * of color (a necessary compromise when one doesn't know the screen * characteristics), the unhinted vertical features preserve the design's * weight and spacing much better than aliased type would. |