[Bug 547532] New: enabling bytecode interpreter makes things far, far worse

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Monday, 14 December 2009 Mon, 14 Dec '09

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: enabling bytecode interpreter makes things far, far worse https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Summary: enabling bytecode interpreter makes things far, far worse Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: high Priority: low Component: freetype AssignedTo: besfahbo(a)redhat.com ReportedBy: mattdm(a)mattdm.org QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org CC: besfahbo(a)redhat.com, kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org, fedora-fonts-bugs-list(a)redhat.com Classification: Fedora It's cool that the patent expiration lets us enable the bytecode interpreter. However, there's a severe flaw -- if there's no bytecode, apparently freetype doesn't hint at all. I use Inconsolata as my terminal font, and it normally looks great. After the update, it got all fuzzy and basically unusable. This is sadly true for a great many very nice fonts. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu(a)irc.pl> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |zdzichu(a)irc.pl --- Comment #1 from Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu(a)irc.pl> 2009-12-14 16:33:46 EDT --- Could you provide some before and after screenshots? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #2 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2009-12-14 16:38:35 EDT --- Indeed, I hinted (no pun intended) at this problem on the mailing list. Freetype really needs to be fixed to fallback to the autohinter where no hinting bytecode is provided. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #3 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-14 16:49:07 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=378369) --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=378369) Without bytecode -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #4 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-14 16:49:30 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=378370) --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=378370) With bytecode -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #5 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-14 16:52:07 EDT --- That's with medium hinting enabled, by the way. No sub-pixel rendering. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #6 from Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 2009-12-14 22:44:02 EDT --- Can someone please bring this upstream? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #7 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-14 23:26:14 EDT --- Upstreaming and getting the issue fixed is a great long-term approach. However, I also think we should revert this change until that is in place, as it significantly degrades the user experience. (Hence the original summary of this issue and its focus on that, rather than on the underlying problem.) I took a quick look at the source, and src/base/ftobjs.c has a section with a big comment starting "Determine whether we need to auto-hint or not" -- it seems like it's _probably_ no big deal to add the appropriate logic there. There's also some code in src/truetype/ttobjs.c which decides if a crippled (patent-safe) version of the bytecode interpreter needs to be used for a specific font (apparently some need it to even load properly). This sets a flag which the ftobjs.c code later uses.... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|high |low --- Comment #8 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-14 23:41:39 EDT --- So, in that comment and code, I found that if the hinting mode is set to "LIGHT" instead of medium, the auto-hinter _is_ used. And experimentation bears this out. That explains why not everyone is immediately fussing about this, and I suppose takes some of the urgency out of the equation. Still, there's a definite regression: medium and heavy hinting modes should not mean "no hinting!". -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #9 from Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 2009-12-14 23:42:36 EDT --- I see. And since this is in rawhide only, lets not revert and fix it properly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #10 from Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net> 2009-12-15 10:44:07 EDT --- There are also the problems of: 1. the many partially hinted fonts that exist : the bytecode interpreter should be used for hinted glyphs, and the autohinter for others, preferably at a setting consistent with whet the bytecode interpreter does 2. the way bytecode interracts with fontconfig/gnome smoothing preferences: with bytecode on, you need to change the gnome prefs to get the closest approximation of the previous settings. It does not autoset the closest one itself (this is going to annoy a lot of users) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #11 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2009-12-15 10:49:02 EDT --- The second part of "1" from comment #10 sounds a bit hard. It's okay to leave it on for rawhide, but we should have a plan to revert if the upstream fixes can't be in place in time. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 James Cloos <cloos(a)jhcloos.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cloos(a)jhcloos.com --- Comment #12 from James Cloos <cloos(a)jhcloos.com> 2009-12-21 18:18:10 EDT --- Suitable fontconfig scripts can help here. I use these two scripts to force the autofitter for non-glyf fonts (there is an open rfe for freetype to replace the type1/cff hinting module with one which uses the autofit module, but taking advantage of the type1/cff hints; this would be an excellent project for anyone who wants to delve into font rasterization techniques) and to set the filtering to match the chosen hinting option. Combined with fc code akin to:  <match target="font"> <test name="family"> <string>VL Gothic</string> </test> <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match>  one can force the autofitter for some glyf fonts and use the bci for others. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #13 from James Cloos <cloos(a)jhcloos.com> 2009-12-21 18:23:09 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=379733) --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=379733) Fontconfig conf file to set hintstyle based on each font’s format -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #14 from James Cloos <cloos(a)jhcloos.com> 2009-12-21 18:25:27 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=379737) --> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=379737) Fontconfig conf file to set LCD filter based on each font’s format and hintstyle -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #15 from James Cloos <cloos(a)jhcloos.com> 2009-12-21 18:28:55 EDT --- Forgot to say: I’d be optimistic that a patch for freetype, which enabled the autofit module for glyphs of an SFNT/glyf font which lack instructions, would get accepted, provided it matched ft’s coding style. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #16 from Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 2010-02-23 17:11:11 EST --- Ok, reported upstream (always surprises me how people are willing to leave multiple comments on the downstream bug but not bother reporting upstream). If we don't get a fix, I'll just revert. I don't have the time to fix it myself. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Ok, reported upstream (always surprises me how people are willing to leave multiple comments on the downstream bug but not bother reporting upstream).

That's one of the functions of a packager. We assume you have a working relationship with the developers of the package you're taking care of, and a perhaps a basic knowledge of the code -- which is often vital in such interactions. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #18 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2010-02-23 23:08:57 EST --- Usually the person experiencing the bug is the most appropriate person to report this bug upstream, the packager as a middleman is not an effective solution for communication. So as a general rule, we expect users to file upstream bugs themselves. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #19 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2010-02-24 00:06:14 EST --- On the contrary -- often the person experiencing the bug has no experience with dealing with the particular upstream project, and is actually quite poorly situated to communicate with that project. The reporter may just want their system to work, and not care to learn the intricacies of font rendering mathematics. I think the *general* rule is that package maintainers work with upstream to improve the software in various ways. Particularly, I was struck by this as it relates to a comment in a recent LWN.net article on FOSDEM, which quotes someone speaking about another popular Linux distro thusly: [Popular Distro] users that want to file a bug, have the choice between three options. They can file a bug upstream, where they might get flamed; they can file a bug in [Popular Disto's Parent Distro], where they are very likely to get flamed; or they can file a bug in [Popular Distro]'s [Bug Tracker], where there are very likely to get ignored. But in this specific bug, the upstream issue is basically separate. The issue *here* is that a specfile change caused a regression. Getting the option that was turned on working properly may be interesting for upstream (or not), and presumably i*s* interesting to the packager who changed the specfile to enable it in the first place (or else, why do it?). On the other hand, for the reporter, and for Fedora in general, what's immediately interesting is fixing the regression (so that Fedora 13 doesn't have ugly fonts). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #21 from Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 2010-03-03 17:23:41 EST --- Ok, given upstream discussion I'm disabling bci for f13. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #22 from Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 2010-03-03 17:28:30 EST --- Leaving open since this still is an issue on rawhide. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #23 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2010-03-03 17:48:44 EST --- freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ON_QA --- Comment #24 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2010-03-03 20:33:40 EST --- freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update freetype'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F13/FEDORA-2010-3607 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #25 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2010-03-10 01:39:51 EST --- freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #27 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2010-03-10 08:49:08 EST --- (And thanks for the reversion for F13.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blocks| |612395 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Michael Monreal <michael.monreal+bugs(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |michael.monreal+bugs@gmail. | |com --- Comment #29 from Michael Monreal <michael.monreal+bugs(a)gmail.com> 2010-07-19 13:45:39 EDT --- Did anyone check the latest fontconfig yet? According to recent news stories, upstream now enables the bytecode interpreter by default... so can we assume the issues mentioned here are fixed? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #30 from Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> 2010-07-19 13:57:23 EDT --- I'm guessing we can assume that Free/OSS fonts are going to look awful for everyone now, not just Rawhide users. That's probably a good thing in the long term, since there will be more incentive to fix it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Carl G. <carl.gaudreault(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |carl.gaudreault(a)gmail.com --- Comment #32 from Carl G. <carl.gaudreault(a)gmail.com> 2010-08-20 17:19:38 EDT --- (In reply to comment #16)

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Ok, reported upstream (always surprises me how people are willing to leave multiple comments on the downstream bug but not bother reporting upstream). If we don't get a fix, I'll just revert. I don't have the time to fix it myself.

Could you provide the upstream bug ID please? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #33 from Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client <fedora-admin-xmlrpc(a)redhat.com> 2010-09-22 09:54:52 EDT --- This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client <fedora-admin-xmlrpc(a)redhat.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|behdad(a)fedoraproject.org |mkasik(a)redhat.com --- Comment #34 from Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client <fedora-admin-xmlrpc(a)redhat.com> 2010-09-22 10:00:01 EDT --- This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #35 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 10:24:56 EST --- This huge patchset: http://www.infinality.net/blog/ (which mostly enables patent-encumbered stuff and causes bugs such as bug 674311, so it shouldn't be merged as a whole) has an "auto-autohint" feature which does what's being asked for here. (But AFAICT it's disabled by default and enabled by a special settings package they have.) I can try to cherry-pick the relevant changes. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #36 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 10:35:38 EST --- Created attachment 479352 --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=479352 Patch for this issue from infinality.net OK, so I checked, the auto-autohint feature is an almost trivial patch. I'm attaching the patch. (And it's actually always enabled, that option they're setting must be a dummy that's not actually implemented as an option.) Can we: 1. apply this, 2. enable the (no longer patented) BCI in our packages and 3. finally close this bug now? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

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9:41 a.m.

New subject: [Bug 547532] [abrt] crash in freetype's _lcd_stem_align

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|low |unspecified Keywords|Reopened | Platform|All |i686 Blocks|612395 | AssignedTo|mkasik(a)redhat.com |caolanm(a)redhat.com Summary|freetype with the bytecode |[abrt] crash in freetype's |interpreter enabled falls |_lcd_stem_align |back to no hinting instead | |of autohinting when no | |hinting bytecode is | |available | Status Whiteboard| |abrt_hash:c52afa88c39fb0aa4 | |870d02e4e37dc506367fea2 Severity|low |unspecified OS/Version|Linux |Unspecified --- Comment #38 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 10:41:30 EST --- Actually, the package I looked at was an old package. The current version does have the option, and it has it all inside a huge patch. But I think the simple patch from the old version (preferably fixed to be indented properly and to remove the commented-out portion) is what we really want. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] [abrt] crash in freetype's _lcd_stem_align

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #39 from Behdad Esfahbod <behdad(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-02-17 10:55:36 EST --- Humm, Kevin, why did you change the bug summary? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] [abrt] crash in freetype's _lcd_stem_align

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #479352|0 |1 is obsolete| | --- Comment #40 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 11:16:15 EST --- Created attachment 479362 --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=479362 Cleaned up version of infinality.net auto-autohint patch This version of the patch is cleaned up to: 1. drop the commented-out junk, 2. respect the indentation and whitespace style of the surrounding code, 3. rename face2 to ttface and 4. check FT_IS_SFNT before trying to use ttface members (probably not strictly needed because only TrueType has a native hinter at all and there's a check for FT_DRIVER_HAS_HINTER at the higher-level if clause, but I think it's better to write safe code). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] [abrt] crash in freetype's _lcd_stem_align

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #41 from Behdad Esfahbod <behdad(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-02-17 11:29:18 EST --- Please send this upstream for consideration. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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10:33 a.m.

New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|unspecified |low Keywords| |Reopened Platform|i686 |All Blocks| |612395 AssignedTo|caolanm(a)redhat.com |mkasik(a)redhat.com Summary|[abrt] crash in freetype's |freetype with the bytecode |_lcd_stem_align |interpreter enabled falls | |back to no hinting instead | |of autohinting when no | |hinting bytecode is | |available Status Whiteboard|abrt_hash:c52afa88c39fb0aa4 | |870d02e4e37dc506367fea2 | Severity|unspecified |low OS/Version|Unspecified |Linux --- Comment #42 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 11:33:47 EST --- Funky Bugzilla glitch there, I fixed the tags for this bug, they got copied from another bug somehow. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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11:02 a.m.

New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #43 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-17 12:02:26 EST --- Upstream patch submission: https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/index.php?7471 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #44 from Marek Kašík <mkasik(a)redhat.com> 2011-02-18 04:52:51 EST --- Hi Kevin, thank you for the preparation of the patch and its submission. I'll follow up the upstream bug and push it to Fedora then. Since this is quite big change in almost every application having GUI, I would push it to Fedora 15 and rawhide only. Do you agree? Marek -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #45 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-02-18 10:05:41 EST --- Yeah, that's probably safest. Especially our default fonts, Deja Vu, are infamous for looking somewhat different with the BCI. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Marek Kašík <mkasik(a)redhat.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |MODIFIED Version|14 |15 Fixed In Version|freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13 |freetype-2.4.4-3.fc15 --- Comment #46 from Marek Kašík <mkasik(a)redhat.com> 2011-02-20 07:31:36 EST --- Hi, I've committed the patch to Fedora 15 and rawhide. Marek -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #47 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-02-20 07:39:52 EST --- freetype-2.4.4-3.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.4.4-3.fc15 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|MODIFIED |ON_QA --- Comment #48 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-02-20 22:20:49 EST --- freetype-2.4.4-3.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update freetype'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.4.4-3.fc15 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

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3:55 a.m.

New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #50 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-03-08 04:55:06 EST --- There's a followup fix from upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c9bdfa... Shouldn't we apply that, too? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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There's a followup fix from upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c9bdfa... Shouldn't we apply that, too?

Yes, we should. I'll apply it today. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #52 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-03-08 11:41:35 EST --- freetype-2.4.4-4.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.4.4-4.fc15 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #53 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org> 2011-03-09 22:07:37 EST --- freetype-2.4.4-4.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 Ivan Romanov <drizt(a)land.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |drizt(a)land.ru --- Comment #54 from Ivan Romanov <drizt(a)land.ru> 2011-06-05 08:37:41 EDT --- Hello! This patches broked my Liberation Serif font. before http://img.flashtux.org/upload/img132dd0d22a00x1787d7d1.png after http://img.flashtux.org/upload/img132dd0d22c5bx7a383f44.png Can reopen bug? Or i should make new? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #55 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-06-05 10:24:52 EDT --- Fonts may look different with the bytecode interpreter enabled. This is not a bug. See also: https://kevinkofler.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/hint-how-to-force-autohintin... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #56 from Ivan Romanov <drizt(a)land.ru> 2011-06-05 11:19:39 EDT --- Thanks! It works. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Fonts may look different with the bytecode interpreter enabled. This is not a bug.

Different isn't a bug. Horribly ugly when they weren't before _is_. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 547532] freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled falls back to no hinting instead of autohinting when no hinting bytecode is available

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547532 --- Comment #58 from Kevin Kofler <kevin(a)tigcc.ticalc.org> 2011-06-05 16:34:21 EDT --- Well, that is an issue you will have to take up with the font's designers and/or maintainers. You can't really blame Freetype for rendering the font the way the designers programmed it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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