Maybe you could check out the FTGL package for inspiration on using
the freetype as a conventional C library. I was going to try to write
a Hackage package but realised I know nothing about typography and had
to start reading the intro. on Freetype's homepage (which is pretty
good, actually).
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Gery Debongnie
gery.debong...@gmail.com wrote:
3. Perform a reading of the font metrics file in the main program, put
the results into some FontMetrics object, and give that to stringWidth
:: FontMetrics - Font - String - Double. Pros : allow me to avoid
Hi Gery
There probably isn't a library to help - I've looked at extracting
TrueType font metrics myself but abandoned it - TrueType fonts have a
very complicated file format, and the spec is inadequate to code an
implementation. TeX font metrics are probably simpler but obviously
tied to TeX.
On Jun 1, 2010, at 10:53 , Stephen Tetley wrote:
There probably isn't a library to help - I've looked at extracting
TrueType font metrics myself but abandoned it - TrueType fonts have a
very complicated file format, and the spec is inadequate to code an
The saner way to do this is to write a
Hi Brandon
Even that's not simple - freetype is essentially a framework for
writing font processors rather than a conventional C library[*]. Saner
perhaps is to write a C program using freetype to do the exact job you
have in mind, then bind to your C program.
Best wishes
Stephen
[*} Probably
