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CHANGES BETWEEN 2.6.3 and 2.6.4

  I. IMPORTANT CHANGES

    - A new  subpixel hinting  mode has  been contributed  by Nikolaus
      Waxweiler, which is now the  default rendering mode for TrueType
      fonts.  It implements  (almost everything of) version  40 of the
      bytecode engine.

      The existing code  base in FreeType (the  `Infinality code') was
      stripped to the bare minimum  and all configurability removed in
      the  name  of speed  and  simplicity.   The configurability  was
      mainly aimed  at legacy  fonts like Arial,  Times New  Roman, or
      Courier.  [Legacy fonts are fonts  that modify vertical stems to
      achieve clean black-and-white bitmaps.]  The new mode focuses on
      applying a minimal set of rules to all fonts indiscriminately so
      that modern and web fonts  render well while legacy fonts render
      okay.

      Activation  of the  subpixel hinting  support can  be controlled
      with   the   `TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING'   configuration
      option  at compile  time: If  set to  value 1,  you get  the old
      Infinality  mode  (which  was  never  the  default  due  to  its
      slowness).  Value 2 activates the new subpixel hinting mode, and
      value 3 activates both.  The default is value 2.

      At run time,  you can select the subpixel hinting  mode with the
      `interpreter-version'  property (provided  you have  compiled in
      the corresponding hinting mode); see `ftttdrv.h' for more.

    - Support  for  the  following  scripts  has  been  added  to  the
      auto-hinter.

        Armenian, Cherokee, Ethiopic, Georgian, Gujarati, Gurmukhi,
        Malayalam, Sinhala, Tamil


  II. MISCELLANEOUS

    - Type 42 fonts as created by LilyPond are now supported.

    - Minor rendering improvments in the auto-hinter.

    - For experimental  reasons, the old  CFF engine now  supports all
      CFF operators except `random', including the deprecated Multiple
      Masters  instructions.  This  allows the  display of  fonts like
      `ITCGaramondMM-It.otf' (without font variations, though).

    - Another round of fixes to improve handling of invalid fonts.

    - The `ftgrid' demo program now displays the rendered pixels also;
      this can be switched off with the `b' key.  Selection of various
      LCD filtering modes can be done with the `L' key.

    - The demo programs  have been extended to allow  selection of all
      available TrueType bytecode engines.

    - A very early beta version of a new, Qt based demo program called
      `ftinspect'  is  part  of  the   source  code  bundle;  it  will
      eventually supersede  the other  demo programs.   Currently, you
      have to compile  it manually with `qmake; make';  note that many
      features are still missing.
Source: README, updated 2016-07-05