Hello, I agree with you and thanks for the clarification.
Thank You, Tulsi Amin On Mon, 9 Jan, 2023, 09:06 Werner LEMBERG, <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > I am currently using the multiple master feature of freetype library > > to support the variable fonts. There is an issue that I am facing > > currently. For an example, consider that I am making letter "A" > > bold using the weight axis but in my system I want to be able to > > uniquely identify the default normal "A" and the bold "A" but since > > the unicode id will be same for both normal "A" and bold "A", Is > > freetype library providing any other identifier which can uniquely > > identify them? > > No. How should FreeType do that? You input a glyph index, and the > library returns a rasterized image of the glyph, nothing more. All > information FreeType can give is in the `FT_Face` structure and its > related sub-structures and siblings. > > Such 'tagging' must be done at a higher library level: essentially, > it's you who specifies the parameters for the variable font, so it's > you who has to track them, too. > > > Werner >