Oliver Buerschaper wrote: > Hi Mojca, > >>> Also, is there a way to directly get the glyph outlines of, say, >>> $\bigotimes$ in MetaPost code and use it to derive some length >>> unit from it? >> Yes, but this only works for Type1 fonts, not for OpenType. >> >> The example below is a literal copy from metapost manual (created >> by Taco). > > This is quite impressive! This will make it much easier for me to > obtain the right dimensions… > > Now if only this worked with OpenType as well (or any other font
At some point next year I will rewrite the font backend of luatex, and at the same time make it a bit more generic. Once that is done, the new code can be ported to metapost. Don't hold your breath, it will likely take more than a year. Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
