On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Note that the sequence `on - conic -on' is invalid. > > Uh, silly me. I shouldn't answer emails if I'm too tired... Of > course this is a valid sequence for conic curves (but not for cubic > ones), and as you've correctly written, the first point of an outline > is implicitly used as the end of a conic curve if the last point is a > conic control point. > > > Still, this isn't mentioned at all on "FreeType Glyph Conventions" > > (http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/glyphs/glyphs-6.html). > > I would be glad if you could improve the wording of this (rather old > and effectively unmaintained) document. Patches are highly welcomed! > Sure, no problem. How does one patch this exactly? > > > I'm not using FT_Outline_Decompose() as I didn't know it existed. > > Would have saved some time I guess, but it is hard to find > > documentation/tutorials on how to handle outlines in FreeType. > > Now that you know that this function exist, where would you have > expected a link to it? Where should it mentioned that it exists? Strictly speaking, a full explanation probably doesn't belong in the "Glyph Conventions" but instead perhaps some tutorial on how to use the outline information. Maybe just a brief mention that walking an outline manually isn't necessary and that FT_Outline_Decompose() can be used.
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