[Pkg-fonts-devel] [Pkg-fonts-bugs] ITP: hinting-viewer - tool to view font outline hinting

Justin B Rye jbr at edlug.org.uk
Mon May 21 15:56:48 UTC 2007


Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Nicolas Spalinger (nicolas_spalinger at sil.org):
...
>> * Description     : tool to view font outline hinting
...
>> A GTK+, Cairo-based tool to look in detail at how the FreeType hinting
>> process is affecting the outlines of a font.  It allows looking at a
>> magnified version of the modified outline and comparing it to the
>> resulting pixels.
> 
>  GTK+, Cairo-based tool to look in detail at how the FreeType hinting
>  process is affecting the outlines of a font. It allows looking at a
>  magnified version of the modified outline and comparing it to the
>  resulting pixels.

Shouldn't it mention the fact that it's a GNOME app (heavily
dependent on GConf)?

Will ordinary font users know what Cairo is for?

> Rationale: remove the leading article

I don't think that's necessary, though it isn't fatal.
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JBR
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