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@@ -169,6 +169,39 @@ </dl> <dl> + <dt>Port the <code>font-rs</code> rendering engine to + FreeType</dt> + + <dd> + <p>Raph Levien has + developed <a href="https://github.com/raphlinus/font-rs"><code>font-rs</code></a>, + an experimental font renderer written in + the <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/">Rust + programming language</a>. + A <a href="https://medium.com/@raphlinus/inside-the-fastest-font-renderer-in-the-world-75ae5270c445">blogpost</a> + describes some of its features in more detail; of + particular interest is that it is much faster than + FreeType's anti-aliasing rendering module.</p> + + <p>The gist of this project would be to port the Rust + code to C and to integrate it into FreeType, + providing it as an alternative rendering engine that + eventually might replace the old one. It would be + necessary to investigate how this can be done, and + whether it is feasible at all. In case a port doesn't + make sense (for whatever reasons) it should be + investigated whether the ideas of the code can be used + to re-implement the rasterizer in C.</p> + + <p><em>Difficulty:</em> medium (if porting) to high (if + reimplementing). <em>Requirements:</em> Rust, C, Unix + build tools. <em>Potential mentors:</em> Werner + Lemberg, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, Toshiya Suzuki + (FreeType).</p> + </dd> + </dl> + + <dl> <dt>Improve the ‘ftinspect’ demo program (started as a GSoC 2019 project, unfinished)</dt> <dd> @@ -259,7 +292,7 @@ <!-- ************************************************** --> <div class="updated"> - <p>Last update: 25-Feb-2020</p> + <p>Last update: 3-Mar-2020</p> </div> </div> </div> |