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Re: [ft] python_freetype Design: Vector & Matrix Operations
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft] python_freetype Design: Vector & Matrix Operations |
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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 08:31:25 +0100 (CET) |
>> Shifting glyphs is *much* more common than rotating or shearing.
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> I guess one issue is that rotating and shearing will disable
> hinting?
Yes.
> But scaling will not, and that comes from the same matrix, doesn’t
> it?
Scaling itself doesn't disable hinting, however, it gets applied
*after* hinting. To scale a font before hinting you need a call to
FT_Set_Char_Size or something similar.
Werner