On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 12:12:28PM +0200, Eike Rathke wrote:
This only done for 'unx' similar work is needed for 'win' and 'aqua', but I'm not familiar with these platforms and can't test on it.I wonder if this patch will then introduce significant rendering differences between platforms? Or do we have such anyway already (even if the same fonts are present)?Even if it may currently render differently, I think using the correct font metrics on one system where people complained about it is a step into the right direction. We use different layout engines on unx,mac,win and hopefully each system positions glyphs as accurately as possible when given the right input.
I had this idea in mind for a while: unifying the text layout code of all platforms, using HarfBuzz, Cairo, FreeType etc. This would give us more control over text layout (e.g. we can support user selectable OpenType features and more typographic niceties) as well as consistent text rendering on all platforms. The downside is that might give the user different experience between LibreOffice and applications using native APIs (though it can be a good thing sometimes, for example apple does not support Indic scripts in their OpenType implementation, while FOSS font stack does). It also means less code to maintain and debug. But I'm still far from understanding the current text layout code to seriously propose this. Mozilla is moving into this direction as well. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian Arab
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