> When using mono mode, the bitmap is rendered in big endian format where the
> most significant bit is the leftmost pixel, while in default mode the
> bitmap is rendered in little endian, consistent with my cpu.
This is documented
> > ... calculate an "average" baseline and align to that ...
> Or align to the midpoints of the overall font glyph boxes (including
> font ascent and font descent). That may be a suitable compromise.
Or... whatever works. FreeType provides a client with all kinds of
metrics and bounding boxes,