Closed Bug 870637 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

update Firefox OS to version of FreeType that includes Adobe CFF font rasterizer

Categories

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: General, defect, P2)

Product:
Firefox OS Graveyard
Component:
General
Platform:
All
Gonk (Firefox OS)
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 867735

People

(Reporter: jtd, Unassigned)

Details

Adobe recently announced that they have contributed their CFF font rasterizer to FreeType as part of work with Google to improve CFF rendering:

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2013/05/adobe-contributes-cff-rasterizer-to-freetype.html

Whenever is appropriate, it would be great to update to this version of FreeType and use their rasterizer for CFF fonts.  This is especially important in Japan where CFF rendering generally gives better results due to the way hinting is done (in the rasterizer rather than manual hinting data in the font for TTF fonts).  Allowing the OS to use a well-made CFF Japanese font would be a huge win for Japanese users.

Once this code is in the stable branch (if that's what we're currently using) we should take this update.
Summary: update to version of FreeType that includes Adobe CFF font rasterizer → update Firefox OS to version of FreeType that includes Adobe CFF font rasterizer
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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