#25695: Freetype 2.4.0 renders much worse than 2.3.12 --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Peter_Dyballa@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment(by Peter_Dyballa@…): Here is the look of Freetype 2.3.12: -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25695#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#25695: Freetype 2.4.0 renders much worse than 2.3.12 --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Peter_Dyballa@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.1 Keywords: | Port: freetype --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment(by ryandesign@…): Replying to [ticket:25695 Peter_Dyballa@…]:

In GNU Emacs 22.3 the font to write the texts in the menu bar and the menus' entries renders really badly now while before it looked OK.

I don't know what to tell you. Both versions you attached look pretty bad to me since they're not antialiased, though the 2.4.0 rendering looks slightly better to me since you can now distinguish the dots over the i's. Not sure if this is the effect of enabling the bytecode interpreter hinting or something else. Suggest you communicate with the developers of Freetype directly.

Right now I can't proof this because port does not let me build freetype @2.3.12_0 – another bug?

See the [wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort instructions for installing an older version of a port]. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25695#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS