>> Alexei, this sounds interesting. Care to implement this, as an >> alternative interface? What Dominik has written fits quite well to >> the existing API, so I'm in favor to add his code. > > I am scared of ttgload.c, which constantly juggles transforming and > hinting. Are layers ever transformed or hinted?
Of course they are! The layers are ordinary glyphs consisting of ordinary outlines, which are handled the normal way. Whether hinted layers make sense, and whether you find such layers in the wild is a different question. Werner