> Indeed, working more on this issue I realized, that using
> FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY together with FT_LOAD_TARGET_LCD causes
> FT_Get_Advance to fail always. Removing FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY,
> makes it work but very slow.
>
> On the other hand, using FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING makes it to work really
> fast, but the computed width is not the same as the width of the
> rendered string with hinting enabled.
>
> Which makes this function almost useless in the real world... :(
Well, caching is the solution. Additionally, in case a font has a
hdmx table, and you are in non-ClearType mode, you can use the
pre-computed advance widths for a given PPEM value.
> Well I tested it with the following code (I simplified it in order
> to be more clear). [...]
Uh, oh, please provide a C snippet, and tell us which font you are
using. I apologize for not being able to work with ASM.
Werner
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