[ft] Using SVG Font Glyph Data In FreeType

[Andy Kellett]

Hi,

I am working on a project that uses an SVG file containing custom font 
data. All the data for working with the fonts are present in the SVG 
file, and I have been scouring the freetype documentation for ways to 
work with this data directly in FreeType.

All the examples I can find access a font (such as TTF) and extract the 
glyps directly from it; Im looking for a way where I can tell SVG the 
glyph data I want to use, and how to then make freetype render it to a 
bitmap so I can put it on screen.

An example of the SVG is here:

<glyph unicode="a" horiz-adv-x="444"
d="M11,0L111,0L144,184L300,184L333,0L433,0L286,722L170,722L11,0M222,616L224,616L286,268L159,268L222,616 
Z" />
<glyph unicode="b" horiz-adv-x="389"
d="M37,0L194,0C340,0,360,50,360,206C360,329,344,356,264,371L264,373C332,382,355,405,355,547C355,679,334,722,211,722L37,722L37,0M137,334L202,334C257,334,266,318,266,209C266,95,256,78,199,78L137,78L137,334M137,644L184,644C248,644,261,624,261,542C261,424,255,412,195,412L137,412L137,644 
Z" />
<glyph unicode="e" horiz-adv-x="315"
etc.

If anyone can point me in the right direction to a tutorial, or 
something explaining how to manually add glyph data without having to 
pull from a TTF, I would be very grateful. Thanks.

Kind Regards,

Andy Kellett
http://www.cvgm.net