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Title: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: jumpship on November 13, 2002, 07:32:16 PM

TTEngine is the TrueType font based text rendering engine for AmigaOS. Version 5.0 can be downloaded from thehome page (http://www.amiga.pl/ttengine/index-en.html) of TTEngine. New version has some interesting features.

 

   * Two new functions: TT_GetPixmap() and TT_FreePixmap() for text pixelmap extraction. Pixelmap is 8 bit per pixel, 256 gray levels. Then the pixmap may be further processed. Useful for e.g. painting and image processing software.
    * Antialiasing is now based on pixel luminance and hue (RGB correction is applied as well). Gives even better text quality especially on contrasting background (e.g. red text on green).
    * New text styles: underline, double underline, overstrike, double overstrike.
    * Fixed bugs in JAM2, INVERSVID and COMPLEMENT draw modes.
* Colours of text can be now specified directly as RGB via TT_Foreground and TT_Background tags.



As always some bugs have been fixed. Check "release_notes" file in the distribution archive for the full list of changes.

Source: Amiga.de (http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2002-11-00108-EN.html)

Title: Re: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: Desler on November 13, 2002, 07:48:18 PM

All to often these news pass by unnoticed. I tried the old version and it was really good. Actually im considering implementing the lib in some of my work. Have to check out the new version.
Nice work.. A beer to the author  :-)

Title: Re: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: jumpship on November 13, 2002, 09:02:05 PM

@desler

With all the "this is better then that" and "so and so is wrong" it is nice to have some news about something someone has done for the community.

I'm with you, :pint: to the author!

Title: Re: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: System on November 13, 2002, 09:03:55 PM

Is this the same solution that will be available in OS4?

Title: Re: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: Kaminari on November 15, 2002, 10:16:06 PM

Getting better and better with each release. If only OS 4 would trash the bullet engine and use this one by default instead...

Title: Re: TTEngine 5.0 Released
Post by: KennyR on November 16, 2002, 05:36:45 PM

There's no need to trash the bullet system. You can use it alongside, or even use TTF/Type1 font translation transparently through bullet, like ttf.library does.

Edit: And there's no reason why bullet can't be expanded to provide the same features. :-)