Re: [ft] Galette kerning issues

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'm working on an sdl+opengl+freetype project. I'm using the Galette
> face (galette-med.otf OpenType font) and I have issues with
> kerning. Here is an image taken from my application:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TZl7LHGaFVfF-wOWA_q-Mw?feat=directlink
> 
> And here is an image taken from gimp using the same font and the
> same text.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K-ifF9MnGu9UFJu4U1h7Sw?feat=directlink
> 
> Obviously my kerning is wrong.  [...]

I suspect that this font contains no `kern' table at all -- the
kerning is probably contained in the `GPOS' table.  This is not
covered by FreeType's API.  You should use a higher-level library to
access it, say, Pango or ICU.


    Werner