Yes 'invisible' glyphs use the default 0 index character. This is true for any missing character. Control characters have to be handled by the renderer....
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Preet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I've tried a few fonts out and I seem to be getting the same behaviour: The > zero index is returned for a few glyphs that I thought would be 'invisible' > such as line feed or tab when I call FT_Get_Char_Index(...). After > rendering, the zero index glyph shows up as the visible 'missing glyph' > symbol. > > Is this expected behavior? When rendering is it normal to go through the > text and get rid of these characters before getting glyphs from FreeType? > I'm aware FreeType isn't laying out the text, but I guess I thought the > layout characters would have invisible glyphs. > > > Preet > > _______________________________________________ > Freetype mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype > _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
