FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: GSoC: Sub-pixel antialiasing for font rendering

["Curtis Wanner" <katisu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrej wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I would like to submit a proposal for the sub-pixel antialiasing
> project for GSoC. I know the basics of how sub-pixel antialiasing
> works and I think that the most important part of this project would
> actually be to get a complex understanding of how text-rendering in
> Haiku works. Could you please suggest any materials that would help
> me familiarize myself with the structure of Haiku's app_server and
> font rendering. I would like to get a more precise idea of what needs
> to be done before writing the application.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are potential license issues with this
idea that the project may want to avoid.  From my understanding there is
disabled sub-pixel code already in FreeType (based on Apple's methodology).

Curtis