Re: [Devel] Truetype charmap matching algorithm

[Vincent Caron]

stephenfung said:
> I am working on algorithm of
>
> input: unicode of character
> output: the glyph of that character (ie the location of that glyph in
> TTF, say)

FT_Get_Char_Index() will do the translation for you (character code -> glyph 
index),
provided that you select the proper charmap (ie. 'translation table'). FreeType 
will
automatically select the Unicode charmap upon loading if one is found, in this 
case
FT_Get_Char_Index() should work as is for you. If the font does not come with a
Unicode charmap, you'll have to manage conversions on the fly from Unicode to 
the most
common charmaps (Latin1, MacRoman, etc). See FT_Set_Charmap() and 
FT_Select_Charmap().