[ANN] FreeType Plus release

Andrew Tween amtween at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 30 16:49:15 UTC 2007


Hi John,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John M McIntosh" <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ANN] FreeType Plus release


> Ok, based on this change set I built a BitBltPlugin for Mac Carbon VMs.
>
> Find it via my idisk or FTP.
>
> http://www.smallltalkconsulting.com/squeak.html
>
> in the experimental folder
>
> BitBltPlugin.v1.0.0b1.FreeTypePlus.bundle.zip

Thanks for doing this.

>
>
> I know it gets loaded, but I don't know if it works since I'm not
> sure what I'm looking to test for.
> However I suspect some eager  macintosh users will give me feeback
> before lunch today.

For those who wish to check that it is working ok...

A quick check is to evaluate...
    FreeTypeSettings current clearBitBltSubPixelAvailable;
bitBltSubPixelAvailable
.it should answer true.

Another check is to change the FreeType GlyphContrast Preference to 99.
If all the glyphs go much darker, then the plugin is applying the contrast
setting correctly.
(set it back to the default of 50 when you are done)

The last check is to install the FreeType Plus (sub-pixel anti-aliasing) package
from SqueakMap.
Then use a magnifier morph to magnify some text;  the glyphs should have colour
fringes around them.

Cheers,
Andy




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