On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 4:14 PM Alexei Podtelezhnikov <apodt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The next FreeType release will introduce FT_Color, which is a big > deal. Currently it represents color as common 32-bit RGBA structure. > What is your opinion about SVG color gradients? > > Do we need to consider a more complex color structure with full > description of color gradients? > Or, alternatively, should we reference color gradients by an index > within FT_Color? > I think this feature was added to support COLR/CPAL fonts, which only have flat colors; the only use for gradients would thus be proper SVG. Given the complexity of SVG I don't think it's a good idea to attempt to decompose it into a set of shape layers with gradient descriptions. I think applications would rather consume the SVG directly.
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