Re: [ft] width problem

[Werner LEMBERG]

> When I get width array of font with Free Type (say Shruti) I get
> array of 1491 glyphs/widths.
>
> When I try to add same font to pdf document with Adobe I get font
> dictionary with different widths (values and sizes).  Is there some
> scaling that I'm missing?
>
> I use ::FT_Load_Glyph(ftFace, glyphIndex, FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE) to load
> glyph in slot and ftFace->glyph->metrics.width to access width.

This is far too generic.  Adobe might

  . do font subsetting

  . use a different default width on which all other metric values
    are based

  . use fix metrics from TrueType to generic PostScript units

  . use a scaling matrix for whatever reasons

etc., etc.

Please remember that FreeType is *not* a library to manipulate fonts.
Its primary usage is to *render* fonts.


    Werner