Re: [ft] Windows font driver Parser

[Ammar ul hassan]

>From that it sounds more like you're trying to write your own new driver...

Yes actually i want to start my own driver later but first i need to
understand the flow of code so kindly guide accordingly.

> 1) How windows font driver recognizes a window font file so that it can
> parse it.

Still no comments on this.



On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Ammar ul hassan <
address@hidden> wrote:

> 1) How windows font driver recognizes a window font file so that it can
> parse it.
>
>  Like in Type 1 driver module case there is a file t1parse.c which
> actually checks the header of a file that, if it starts with some specific
> text than this driver is selected for further parsing and so on.
>
> 2) Is there any guide for the developer so that they can understand the
> flow of Freetype how code flows from start to end?
>
> In my case i just want to read type1 font file or winfnt font file and
> check the number of faces, font family name, style name etc. I can get the
> desired output but unable to find that when code executes how it goes to
> base layer where ftobjs.c resides and how respective driver module calls
> all functions for further operation. (starting point of driver module so
> that i can do forward/back tracking if no doc available)
>