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Re:Libschrift: A lightweight TrueType font rendering library by fsloth on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:20AM (#22933054)
Neither does OS X Quartz.
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Re:Libschrift: A lightweight TrueType font rendering library by sjwright on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:58AM (#22933773)
My understanding is that the macOS font renderer uses limited hinting for small pixel sizes. Of course retina displays mean most normal on-screen text is rendered at 16px or larger, so it's increasingly rare for hinting to matter.
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Re:Libschrift: A lightweight TrueType font rendering library by solarkraft on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:57AM (#22933211)
Does this mean Mac OS doesn't have it at all?
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Re:Libschrift: A lightweight TrueType font rendering library by ggm on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:10AM (#22933276)
No, just not quartz. Microsoft and OSX have some share in hinting
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