which are all the FT2 functions to make the regular fonts to bold/italics that is embolden/slant
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > >> Can I render the regular/bold styles from a regular style ttf fonts. >> I am having only regular styles ttf fonts. And I am using FT2 as the >> font engine. > > Yes, you can artificially embolden fonts with FreeType (to a certain > extent). > >> If suppose I want to render them in Italics or bold styles is it >> possible through FT2 functions? > > You can't do italics, since this needs different glyph shapes. > However, you can artificially slant fonts with FreeType. > > Everything is in the docs: > > http://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-toc.html > > > Werner > > > _______________________________________________ > Freetype mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rendering-bold-italics-styles-from-regular-ttf-fonts-tp18747878p18748080.html Sent from the Freetype - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
