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Re: [Devel] How to check if a character has a glyph?
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Devel] How to check if a character has a glyph? |
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Fri, 06 Jul 2001 14:49:50 +0200 (CEST) |
> Is there any API function to check if a character has a corresponded
> glyph in a font?
No. This is impossible in general. Nevertheless, there are some
conventions. For PS fonts, characters without a corresponding glyph
are mapped to the `.notdef' glyph. Similarly, TrueType fonts use
glyph index 0 to indicate a missing glyph.
Werner