RE: freetype color

[Boris Letocha]

> Just to be sure,
> freetype manage bitmap and pixmap.
> - bitmap is a 1 bit map (0 white and 1 black)
> - pixmap is a 8 bits per pixel map with only 5 colors (with a palette)
This is true for FT 1.3

> is it possible to generate a 256 gray scale pixmap (with or 
> without palette)
> with freetype?
Yes FT version 2 does this by smooth renderer.

> is it possible to generate a 16, 24 or 32 bits true color pixmap with
> freetype?
This you must do yourself - it is another thing than rendering text.

Example:
get 256 gray scale pixmap from FT2
use this as apha channel for some texture
and blend it to screen
you will see textured antialiased text - just perfect :-)

Boris