[Freetype] Freetype dev questions

[henry . maddocks]

I'm an opengl developer and I want to use freetype to do my font rendering. I started with the gltt (gltt.sourceforge.net) code base and intended porting it to freetype 2. Freetype has change quite a bit between 1.3 and 2.0 to the extent that a rewrite is called for. Rather than just hacking support into my engine I want to make a general purpose library in the spirit of gltt that anyone can use.

The freetype docs are good but the tutorials are a bit too basic at this point.
I've got a few questions. If anyone could point me to where I can get the answers I'd really appreciate it, Or is it possible to search the list archives? In the meantime...

1. Is it correct to say that it's not a good idea to store copies of freetype objects in my own classes, rather use freetype accessor functions to get them as and when needed, eg FT_Size, FT_Glyph?

2. Has anyone had occasion when having multiple charmaps available at the same time has made sense?

3. What is the best way to handle multiple char sizes?

tia,
Henry

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