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Re: [Devel] outline around an FT_Outline


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Devel] outline around an FT_Outline
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:10:14 +0100 (CET)

> Does anyone know how to create an FT_Outline which would represent
> an "outline" around an arbitrary shape alredy held in an FT_Outline
> structure?
>
> For example, if you wanted to draw a red outline n pixels wide
> around each letter previously stored in an FT_Outline structure.

This complicated operation is probably already available in programs
for image manipulation.  A similar operation is `emboldening'.
FreeType has some experimental (untested) code in ftsynth.c which
could probably help.


    Werner



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