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Re: [ft] python_freetype Design: Vector & Matrix Operations
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
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Re: [ft] python_freetype Design: Vector & Matrix Operations |
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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:56:55 +1300 |
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 07:47:59 +0100 (CET), Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> I know FreeType can’t handle non-affine transformations—presumably
>> that is by design. But you could do what PostScript did, and have a
>> 3×2 matrix that can only express affine transformations.
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> Shifting glyphs is *much* more common than rotating or shearing.
I guess one issue is that rotating and shearing will disable hinting?
But scaling will not, and that comes from the same matrix, doesn’t it?