The FreeType Project Files

ttfautohint 1.7
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by Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>


This project provides a library that takes a TrueType font as the input,
removes its bytecode instructions (if any), and returns a new font where all
glyphs are bytecode hinted using the information given by FreeType's
auto-hinting module.  The idea is to provide the excellent quality of the
auto-hinter on platforms that don't use FreeType.

The library has a single API function, `TTF_autohint'; see
`lib/ttfautohint.h' for a detailed description.  Note that the library
itself won't get installed currently.

A command-line interface to the library is the `ttfautohint' program; after
compilation and installation, say

  ttfautohint --help

for usage information, or say

  man ttfautohint

to read its manual page.

A GUI to the library is `ttfautohintGUI'; it uses the Qt framework.  The
compilation of this application can be disabled with the `--without-qt'
option of the `configure' script.


Version 1.7 (2017-Aug-26)
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  * Support for Adlam, Avestan, Bamum, Buhid, Unified Canadian Syllabics,
    Carian, Chakma, Coptic, Cypriot, Deseret, Glagolitic, Gothic, Kayah Li,
    Lisu, N'Ko, Ol Chiki, Old Turkic, Osage, Osmanya, Saurashtra, Shavian,
    Sundanese, Tai Viet, Tifinagh, and Vai scripts.

    Note that the used blue zone characters might not be optimal.  Please
    report any problems so that I can fix issues!

  * Option `--fallback-stem-width` now works for non-symbol fonts also, as
    documented.

  * TrueType bytecode generated by ttfautohint now correctly supports most
    recent MS interpreter versions.

  * A bug with bytecode for composite glyphs with composite subglyphs is now
    fixed.