[ft-devel] Stroke fonts - Stroker

[Anders Eriksson]

Hello,

I'm using an engraving system that uses FreeType to render text. This is
very good since it enables us to use TrueType fonts, Arial Unicode MS. The
"bad" thing is that TrueType fonts are outlined and vill make the engraver
put two lines instead of one.

I don't have any knowledge of fonts or FreeType, but I have read about
Stroke Fonts, which I think is what I am interested in, and FreeType Glyph
Stroker.

What I want is that instead of an outline I get one line/single line font,
the way it's described here:
http://www.colortune.com/ProductsServices/stroke_fonts.aspx

Since we engrave in many languages, not CJK, it would be wonderful if I
could use Arial Unicode MS and the automatically create Stroke characters
when rendering.

Is this possible, or have I totally misunderstood Stroke Fonts/Characters
and Stroker?

Is there some sample code doing this (C, or C++)?


// Anders
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