Re: FreeType 2 Tutorial part 1.. Can't wait for part 2

[Harley Blumenfeld]

I saw that in the docs section and found it very useful. Especially
since I am in the process of converting my app from freetype 1.3.1 to
freetype2.

I can't wait for part 2 which discusses kerning. Right now I am using
a HUGE HACK for kerning.  Here is a snippet from my code :

FT_Vector kerningVec;
FT_Get_Kerning( m_face, codes[ i ], codes[ i+1 ],&kerningVec );
if (m_face->size->metrics.x_scale != 0x10000)
{
kerningVec.x = FT_MulFix( kerningVec.x, m_face->size>metrics.x_scale );
kerningVec.x = (kerningVec.x+32) & -64;
}
else
{
kerningVec.x = kerningVec.x >> 6;
}

It seems that face->size->metrics.x_scale is always == 0x10000, so
FT_MultFix doesn't do anything since it's operation is (a*b)/0x10000.
This causes KerningVec.x to be too big. Is feels like a hack is this 
approach wrong?

Also - I am caching FT_Bitmaps and FT_BitmapGlyphs. How should I destroy
these variables when I am done? The reason I am caching them is because
my application uses the pixmaps as GL_ALPHA texture maps.

Thanks,
Harley


> From: David Turner <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: FreeType 2 Tutorial part 1
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:15:10 +0200
>
> Hello,
>
>   I've started rewritting the FreeType 2 tutorial. For those interested,
>   the first part is now accessible at:
>
>      http://www.freetype.org/docs/freetype2/step1.html
>
>   It presents some features of the final high-level API that should make
>   it in the next beta (release candidate !!)..
>
>   Any comments are welcomed..
>
> - David

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