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0007199VTK(No Category)public2008-06-17 14:512009-12-14 15:42
ReporterSean McBride 
Assigned ToSean McBride 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityN/A
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007199: VTK's freetype is out of date. Currently version 2.3.6 includes security fixes.
DescriptionVTK should update its freetype from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6. The update includes important security fixes.

I have a patch, just need to let all the unit tests run...
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Attached Filespng file icon multiLineText2.3.5.png [^] (15,969 bytes) 2009-01-02 12:04


png file icon multiLineText2.3.7.png [^] (15,150 bytes) 2009-01-02 12:05

 Relationships
has duplicate 0007705closedDavid Cole vtkfreetype will not compile on OS X when SDK is set to 10.4u and compiling on OS X 10.5 
related to 0008513closedSean McBride VTK's freetype is out of date: 2.3.7 is used, 2.3.11 is current 
related to 0010052closedKitware Robot newer freetypes render differently and breaks VTK unit tests / VTK fonts are incorrect(?) 

  Notes
(0012753)
Sean McBride (developer)
2008-07-18 17:59

 Unfortunately, 2.3.6 breaks some VTK unit tests. The reason is that freetype renders the fonts in VTK differently. The results are worse, with 'l' and 'i' looking very similar. This could be a freetype bug, or a bug in the font itself.

Werner (freetype dev) thinks: "I suspect that the font is badly hinted; it seems to miss hints (both ghost and normal) at least for the `i'. This, in combination with a not-yet fixed problem within FreeType (which sometimes displaces horizontal strokes too much vertically) probably causes the effects you can see."

We need to convert the VTK C++-ified fonts to a standard format so that Werner can debug.
(0013515)
Mike Jackson (reporter)
2008-09-18 13:08

 Does 2.3.7 help any on the unit tests? The fix for bug 7705 is in 2.3.7 so moving to 2.3.7 would help this out.
(0014441)
Sean McBride (developer)
2008-12-25 17:48

 No Mike, I'm afraid 2.3.7 does not help.

Note to self: multiLineTextPython is the best test to see the problems.
(0014442)
Sean McBride (developer)
2008-12-26 00:01
edited on: 2009-01-02 11:58

 After painstaking regression through freetype CVS, the source of the problem was committed on 2008-05-18:

    * src/pshinter/pshalgo.c (ps_hints_apply): Reset scale values after
    correction for pixel boundary. Without this patch, the effect can
    be cumulative under certain circumstances, making glyphs taller and
    taller after each call. This fixes Savannah bug #19976.

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?19976 [^]
(0014460)
Sean McBride (developer)
2009-01-02 12:05
edited on: 2009-01-02 12:05

 I have attached to this bug the unit test results with 2.3.5 and 2.3.7. Notice how the 'i' character looks much worse in 2.3.7.
(0014490)
Sean McBride (developer)
2009-01-08 11:52

 committed 2.3.7 (with change to pshalgo.c to restore old behaviour) a few minutes ago...

 Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2008-06-17 14:51 Sean McBride New Issue
2008-06-17 14:51 Sean McBride Status backlog => tabled
2008-06-17 14:51 Sean McBride Assigned To => Sean McBride
2008-07-18 17:59 Sean McBride Note Added: 0012753
2008-09-18 12:57 Sean McBride Relationship added has duplicate 0007705
2008-09-18 13:08 Mike Jackson Note Added: 0013515
2008-12-25 17:48 Sean McBride Note Added: 0014441
2008-12-26 00:01 Sean McBride Note Added: 0014442
2009-01-02 11:58 Sean McBride Note Edited: 0014442
2009-01-02 12:04 Sean McBride File Added: multiLineText2.3.5.png
2009-01-02 12:05 Sean McBride File Added: multiLineText2.3.7.png
2009-01-02 12:05 Sean McBride Note Added: 0014460
2009-01-02 12:05 Sean McBride Note Edited: 0014460
2009-01-08 11:52 Sean McBride Note Added: 0014490
2009-02-10 18:57 Sean McBride Status tabled => @80@
2009-02-10 18:57 Sean McBride Resolution open => fixed
2009-12-10 20:26 Sean McBride Relationship added related to 0008513
2009-12-14 15:41 Sean McBride Relationship added related to 0010052
2009-12-14 15:42 Sean McBride Status @80@ => closed
2011-06-16 13:11 Zack Galbreath Category => (No Category)

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