(v13) Type1StemSnap (system param)

This page applies to Harlequin v13.1r0 and later; both Harlequin Core and Harlequin MultiRIP

This allows the width of HINTED stems in Type1 and Type2 glyphs (that is, glyphs from Type1 and CFF fonts) to be fine tuned, and the feature to be switched on and off.

When Type1StemSnap is false the feature is turned off. That is, Type1 hinting behavior is used. When Type1StemSnap is true or 0 the BlueZone hint alignment feature is turned on.

When Type1StemSnap <num> is used the BlueZone hint alignment is fixed, where <num> is the amount to subtract from the width of a hinted stem before rounding to the nearest whole number of device pixels. For example, a value of 0.5 is equivalent to always rounding down , and a value of -0.5 is equivalent to always rounding up . Other values will produce more extreme changes.

Default: false