googlefonts / fontdiffenator

Font comparison tool
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Use FreeType bitmaps instead of hb-view for render-diffs #64

Closed m4rc1e closed 4 years ago

m4rc1e commented 4 years ago

Since we're already using FreeType to produce output images, we may as well use it for glyph image diffs. It's fast, damn fast! think Peugeot 106 vs Fernando Alonso's Renault F1 car.