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Bug 623

Summary: expose FreeType hinting preferences
Product: SDL_ttf Reporter: Gregory Smith <wolfy>
Component: miscAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P2    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Attachments: sdl-ttf-expose-hinting.patch

Description Gregory Smith 2008-09-04 18:05:28 UTC 
This patch allows setting the hinting style of each TTF_Font. The options are none, light, mono(chrome), and normal/default. This is useful because it allows access to FreeType's slight hinter, which IMO looks much better for in-game interfaces.
Comment 1 Gregory Smith 2008-09-04 18:05:55 UTC 
Created attachment 273 [details]
sdl-ttf-expose-hinting.patch
Comment 2 Sam Lantinga 2009-09-26 01:31:07 UTC 
Thank you very much for your patch!

Do you give me permission to release your code with SDL 1.3 and future versions of SDL under both the LGPL and a closed-source commercial license?
Comment 3 Gregory Smith 2009-09-26 08:28:59 UTC 
Yes, you may use this patch as you described.
Comment 4 Sam Lantinga 2009-09-26 14:33:24 UTC 
Thanks!  Your changes are in for the next release.