On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:58:22PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> For most outline fonts, it is not possible to get exact glyph
> dimensions in advance (exception: the font contains an `hdmx' table
> that holds horizontal, device-dependent information for selected pixel
> sizes). In other words,
>> For most outline fonts, it is not possible to get exact glyph
>> dimensions in advance (exception: the font contains an `hdmx' table
>> that holds horizontal, device-dependent information for selected
>> pixel sizes). In other words, you have to render all (needed)
>> glyphs to get their
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 07:00:58PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> As the name of such font says, all glyphs have the same advance width.
> However, there is *zero* guarantee that the outline stays in a certain
> rectangle that is as wide as this advance width. For example, imagine
> a slanted
> I am currently working on a Thai text synthesis project which used
> freetype. My code is as follows (I’m using the font:“angsa.ttf”):
>
> if (FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face, charWidth, charDotSize) != 0)
> {
> return (ERROR);
> }
>
> ascender = FT_MulFix(face->ascender,
>> For most outline fonts, it is not possible to get exact glyph
>> dimensions in advance (exception: the font contains an `hdmx' table
>> that holds horizontal, device-dependent information for selected
>> pixel sizes). In other words, you have to render all (needed)
>> glyphs to get their
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:58:22PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> For most outline fonts, it is not possible to get exact glyph
> dimensions in advance (exception: the font contains an `hdmx' table
> that holds horizontal, device-dependent information for selected pixel
> sizes). In other words,
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 07:00:58PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> As the name of such font says, all glyphs have the same advance width.
> However, there is *zero* guarantee that the outline stays in a certain
> rectangle that is as wide as this advance width. For example, imagine
> a slanted
> I am currently working on a Thai text synthesis project which used
> freetype. My code is as follows (I’m using the font:“angsa.ttf”):
>
> if (FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face, charWidth, charDotSize) != 0)
> {
> return (ERROR);
> }
>
> ascender = FT_MulFix(face->ascender,
