Re: [ft] Text outline rendering

[suzuki toshiya]

I've sent it to Yves privately. I will try to improve
the quality of the code, to add it to freetype2-demos.
I'm quite sorry for my lazy activity.

Regards,
mpsuzuki

On 06/18/2013 07:03 PM, Yves Daoust wrote:
> Suzuki,
> 
> Thank you for the quick answer.
> 
> FT_Outline_Decomposeseems to be exactly what I need. Actually, I deal with 
> the FXG file format, a close relative to SVG. But I do process the curves 
> before saving them.
> 
> Now I assume I have to code the generation of the outlines from the given 
> string. There are the issues of spacing, alignment, ASCII code to glyph 
> number... Is that also built-in ?
> 
> If your code shows how to accomplish that, for sure I’d be glad to look at it.
> 
>                  Yves
> 
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> Subject: Re: [ft] Text outline rendering
> 
> Hi Yves,
> 
> To retrieve the vector data from TTF via FreeType2, FT_Outline_Decompose() 
> function would be useful. Giving a function pointer table calling the 
> functions to move currentpoint, or to draw straight, cubic or conic curves,
> 
> FT_Outline_Decompose()
> 
> calls them to trace the vector data in the "outline" member in glyph slot.
> 
> I've ever written a small sample making SVG by calling FT_Outline_Decompose().
> 
> If you want, I will send it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> mpsuzuki
> 
> On 06/18/2013 06:05 PM, Yves Daoust wrote:
> 
>  >                  Hi All,
> 
>  >
> 
>  > I am new to FreeType.
> 
>  >
> 
>  > I am involved in a project where text needs to be rendered in vector form. 
> I mean I have text strings, font information (TTF), possible geometric 
> transforms, and I need to generate the corresponding outlines in vector form 
> (sequences of Bezier arcs, so just lists of control point coordinates; I 
> don’t need the rendered bitmap).
> 
>  >
> 
>  > After a first search in the documentation, I am convinced that all the 
> required machinery is there but I want to be sure this is feasible. If yes, 
> where can I start ?
> 
>  >
> 
>  > Regards,
> 
>  >
> 
>  >                  Yves Daoust
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>  >
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