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Re: Gradient Color Fonts, COLR v1 Contributions to FreeType
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: Gradient Color Fonts, COLR v1 Contributions to FreeType |
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Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:34:04 +0200 (CEST) |
>> Alexei, this sounds interesting. Care to implement this, as an
>> alternative interface? What Dominik has written fits quite well to
>> the existing API, so I'm in favor to add his code.
>
> I am scared of ttgload.c, which constantly juggles transforming and
> hinting. Are layers ever transformed or hinted?
Of course they are! The layers are ordinary glyphs consisting of
ordinary outlines, which are handled the normal way. Whether hinted
layers make sense, and whether you find such layers in the wild is a
different question.
Werner