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
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