Freetype stroker overly sensitive and mishandles fonts that don't follow the TrueType spec.
Bug #418325 reported by
Eric Appleman
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| FreeType |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| freetype (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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"This is a known problem with FreeType's stroker, which is used for creating the bordered glyphs. It probably won't be easy to fix, but I'm working on it.
The FreeType stroker is very sensitive to broken/defective fonts (e.g. fonts that do not follow the TrueType specification) and has a few design shortcomings (breaks when stroking leads to self-intersecti
Attached is an example of this bug in action. Pay close attention to the border gaps on the glyphs.
Revision history for this message
| Eric Appleman (erappleman) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in freetype (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in freetype: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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