Hi Werner,
i tried like below:

error = FT_Load_Glyph( face, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING);

Family name of the font is --- Arial
Style name of the font is --- Regular
bbox = [-1 0 9 9]

*Xmin is still negative.
*
Can you please provide me syntax if i am doing wrong in setting the
flags.How can i do if i want a MONOCHROME,RENDERED and NO_HINTING glyph
metrics?

Thanks&regards
Sam



On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > I mean, If i would like to verify NO_HINTING option and see whether
> > i get real Metrics of the Glyph, how can i do?
>
> You can load a glyph with the no-hinting flag set, then doing the same
> again without that flag.
>
> Note that there is perhaps a misunderstanding: Hinting instructions
> move points to improve the shape for a given pixel size; this often
> changes the BBox.  However, even if you use the unhinted outline of a
> glyph, you have to rasterize it to get the *exact* dimensions in
> pixels.
>
> In other words: Regardless whether hinting is active or not, the real
> BBox of a glyph rasterized at a certain pixel size can only be
> determined after a glyph has been rendered.
>
> Or to say it again in a different formulation: The BBox and CBox
> functions provided by FreeType are by their very nature of limited use
> if you need a *smallest* BBox at a given pixel size.
>
>
>    Werner
>
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