Re: [ft] Space versus no glyph

[Ross Crawford]

Ooops sorry to reply to myself - I found the answer, just add a dummy 
(empty) glyph at position #0, then FT_Get_Char_Index() returns 1 for space.

ROSCO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Crawford" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: [ft] Space versus no glyph


> Hi,
>
> I created a small font that just contains space, digits 0-9, and caps A-Z. 
> It is being used as the default font in my program. I want the space to 
> just increase the advance, but all undefined characters to generate a 
> warning for the user and not generate anything. However I can't seem to 
> find how to tell the difference between a char not existing in the 
> charmap, and char 32 (which has no glyph associated with it).
>
> FT_Load_Char() does not return an error for the non-existant chars, and 
> FT_Get_Char_Index() returns 0 for space as well as the non-existant ones. 
> Is there a way I can check the charmap directly to determine whether or 
> not a given char is mapped?
>
> Thanks
>
> ROSCO
>
>
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