Re: [ft-devel] Porting FT2

[Werner LEMBERG]

> 1. I have compiled the "freetype-2.3.11" in VC++ it gives the out
> put file as *.dlb. But I want it as *.exe

???  FreeType is a *library*, not an executable!

> 2. I couldn't find any proper main function to start from there.

Of course not.  See my other reply.

> 3. Is there any main function for test purpose?  With the input file
> path and character code and output as pixel data?

In the ft2demos bundle you can find a bunch of test programs.  The
tutorial from www.freetype.org also provides some demo programs.

> 4. There are lots of APIs in the documentation. I am not getting
> idea, what are all the APIs needed for simple true type font
> display.

Uff.  You are joking, aren't you?  You are coming from India and you
want `simple' TTF display?  For complex scripts like Devanagari you
need a complete shaping engine, for example the ICU, Qt, or Pango
libraries.

What about reading the tutorial first?  This shows examples of simple
usage for non-complex scripts.


    Werner