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8 a new library based on FreeType's autohinting module.
10 -> FreeType is a freely available library for rendering many font formats
12 The idea is to let a small routine automatically compute TrueType hints for
15 -> hints are a means to improve legibility for small sizes on the computer
18 Currently, the ttfautohint is in an early state which gives very promising
19 results, and which has received a warm welcome by the font designing
20 community (and even some quite enthusiastic reactions) but it could be made
21 much better and more user-friendly.
23 -> screen shots and animations demonstrate the hinting process
25 The plan is to collect enough money so that I can work on it within the next
26 six months, providing the following goodies:
30 develop a standalone GUI which runs on all major platforms (Windows,
33 improve hinting for TrueType fonts which use OpenType features
35 develop interfaces to various font editors so that ttfautohint can be
36 smoothly integrated into their font development process
38 add more knobs for better fine-tuning the hinting results
40 better support for font families
44 support more scripts, most notably Arabic and CJK
46 investigate hinting along the x-axis
48 -> currently, only vertical hinting is implemented
52 explore the possibility to emit higher-level TrueType hinting commands
53 as used in hinting scripts provided by Visual TrueType or FontLab