Re: [Freetype] How to use bold or italic fonts?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Question is, how can I set this font to bold or italic (using
> FT_STYLE_FLAG_ITALIC or FT_STYLE_FLAG_BOLD)?

You can't.  FreeType neither makes a font italic nor bold.  These
flags are for information, i.e., they indicate that a font is italic
or bold (or both).

Nevertheless, you can slant a font with a proper font matrix (as you
may know, slanting is something completely different compared to
italic).


    Werner