Re: [Devel] Re: 2.1.0 branch created

[Werner LEMBERG]

> 1. About embedded CID font in PDF
> In PDF, some embedded CID fonts have no CMap(CIDFontType2,
> descripted as a TrueType font). It is the DescendantFonts of Type0
> and the Type0 font defines the CMap. When I use FT_New_Memory_Face()
> to initial the font, FreeType will return an error because there is
> no CMap. Therefore, I hope FreeType to repair this problem and
> provide a more flexible interface to get the glyph.

I agree this something to fix in the next time.  Tom?

> 2. About text rendering mode in PDF
> In PDF, text can be rendered as several modes, like fill text,
> stroke text, fill and stroke text, fill text and add it to the
> clipping path, stroke text and add it to the clipping path, etc. I
> hope that FreeType can support these rendering mode.

Hmm, outline manipulation is one level higher than FreeType IMHO.
Maybe a good guy is contributing a module for that, but I don't think
that we will handle this natively.


    Werner