Re: [Freetype-devel] Re: GSOC

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 10:21 PM ANUJ VERMA <address@hidden> wrote:
> > It would be a separate FT_Renderer module.
> > The only change in FreeType might be FT_RENDER_MODE_DF, or maybe, some 
> > interface to add that dynamically.
>
> This is what I have planned to do for vector fonts, since the FT_Renderer 
> module converts glyph's outline to bitmap.
> And for bitmap fonts I will add something like FT_Bitmap_Convert which will 
> convert the existing bitmap to distance field.
> Please correct me if I am wrong.

You distance field module can accept either glyph format and do what
you please. Then it would return a glyph in the distance field format
as you define it. We do need FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_DF too.

> > It is highly desirable to use version control to track your work progress, 
> > for example, with git.
>
> Can I create a separate branch in the freetype2 repository as suggested by 
> Werner? 
> (https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2020-05/msg00033.html)
[...]
> Although I don't understand 'private branch'. Are you talking about local 
> branch? What am I missing here?

You should not do you development on master.

Alexei