Re: [HarfBuzz] harfbuzz coordinate system

2010-10-28 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On 10/27/10 15:56, James Cloos wrote: BE == Behdad Esfahbod beh...@behdad.org writes: BE I'm wondering, should increasing y move upwards, or downwards? Most BE graphics API I've seen (PS-based API being the only exception) has y BE moving downward. I find that more intuitive in a text

Re: [HarfBuzz] harfbuzz coordinate system

2010-10-28 Thread Martin Hosken
Dear Behdad, I think I'm going to make that change, especially since everytime I hooked up HarfBuzz to another system, it worked the first try except for a missing negation sign for y_offset. I don't think it matters too much which way you jump on this one so long as: 1. You clearly state

Re: [HarfBuzz] harfbuzz coordinate system

2010-10-28 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On 10/28/10 20:55, Martin Hosken wrote: I don't think it matters too much which way you jump on this one so long as: Right. What adds to the confusion is that in simple text, y_offset is always zero, so you can build an entire system without discovering your error... b