On Thu, 09 Dec 1999 12:56:58 +0100 Henrik Gedenryd <Henrik.Gedenryd at lucs.lu.se> wrote:
>And I don't think releasing your own code could ever get you into trouble,
>could it? As long as everyone dl'ed the FreeType code themselves. Of course,
>there might be a problem if you needed to modify the FT code, but I was
>thinking you would only need to write an interface to it.
>
>What can you code do?
>
>And do you know if FT, when it has applied hinting to an outline, can
>deliver the results to Squeak in the form of outlines or a pixmap?

Henrik,

The interface I wrote uses FreeType to generate pixmaps (that may be the only option, though I don't recall for sure). The pixmaps (anti-aliased) are then converted to 8-bit deep forms for display using the normal squeak StrikeFont routines. 

It may well be that the patent issues referred to by the FreeType web page will be resolved someday in an acceptable way, but until then, it's just a bit too spooky.

Cheers,
Bob