Re: [ft-devel] GSoC: OT-SVG update and a performance issue

2019-08-08 Thread Moazin Khatri
> > Why is it an issue even with clipping? [...] Not a big issue. Such inaccuracies are rare, but when they do pop-up, the inaccuracy isn't a problem. The same happens with Cbox calculation in traditional glyphs and we are fine with it too. :) The glyph will still land up at the right place. >

Re: [ft-devel] GSoC: OT-SVG update and a performance issue

2019-08-08 Thread Alexei Podtelezhnikov
> Technically it isn't rendering it to pixel data. A Cairo recording surface > just records the drawing operations without rendering it to pixels (AFAIK). > Then it uses those recorded operations to find bounds. Why is it an issue even with clipping? The clipped bounding box can be very well est

Re: [ft-devel] GSoC: OT-SVG update and a performance issue

2019-08-08 Thread Moazin Khatri
Technically it isn't rendering it to pixel data. A Cairo recording surface just records the drawing operations without rendering it to pixels (AFAIK). Then it uses those recorded operations to find bounds. On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 9:54 PM Alexei Podtelezhnikov wrote: > > This hook function (for libr

Re: [ft-devel] GSoC: OT-SVG update and a performance issue

2019-08-08 Thread Alexei Podtelezhnikov
> This hook function (for librsvg) would work in the following manner: > * create a cairo recording surface > * render the glyph on that surface (you'll have to check whether to render > the whole document or a particular element) This is unacceptable because it defeats the purpose. If the librar