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Posted on 30-Sep-2002 07:37 GMT by Grzegorz Kraszewski12 comments
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TTEngine (formerly known as ttrender.library) is a fast and quality text rendering engine for AmigaOS usin TrueType fonts. Here are key features of TTEngine:

o Renders strings (not only single glyphs) with kerning.
o Has string metrics calculation functions.
o Renders to any RastPort in a system friendly manner (JAM1, JAM2, INVERSVID, COMPLEMENT modes supported).
o Works with OCS/ECS/AGA graphics chipsets as well as with graphics cards under CyberGraphX or Picasso96 control (all AGA modes supported including HAM and A2024).
o Optional antialiased text on 16 and 24 bit screens.
o User configurable antialias settings separately for every font face.
o Gamma correction improves the look of dark text on a light background.
o Optional text transparency (adjusted in 256 steps) on 16 and 24 bit screens.
o Supports many 8-bit character encodings and 16-bit Unicode standard.
o Has efficient, system-wide glyph bitmap caching system.
o Font database allows for flexible font files storage and classification.
o Application Programmer Interface highly compatible with graphics.library.

New in V4.1: text transparency, multilanguage font names support.

Read more and download the package from TTengine home page.
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Comment 1Don Cox30-Sep-2002 07:40 GMT
Comment 2Grzegorz Kraszewski30-Sep-2002 10:31 GMT
Comment 3Jürgen Schober30-Sep-2002 10:57 GMT
Comment 4Grzegorz Kraszewski30-Sep-2002 12:13 GMT
TTEngine 4.1 : Comment 5 of 12ANN.lu
Posted by Joe "Floid" Kanowitz on 30-Sep-2002 12:38 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Grzegorz Kraszewski):
>Type 1 fonts lacks of hinting program and therefore look worse compared to
>TrueType. I have no intention to add Type1 support to TTEngine. Maybe OpenType
>if this format gets more popular than it is now.
Isn't it that Type 1 lacks hinting, but Type 3 is essentially the same format, with hinting... and presumably the specification is open, while the fonts themselves are proprietary?
Just to clear it up, perhaps... A TrueType renderer really shouldn't be responsible for handling PostScript anyway, should it? ;)
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