Re: [ft] Using SVG Font Glyph Data In FreeType

[Tom Bishop, Wenlin Institute]

On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Andy Kellett wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Yes, I did see this response. While it did answer some questions, I still had 
> more based on it, this example assumes the path data is already converted for 
> example.

If you're looking for sample code that reads SVG, I don't think that's 
something FreeType does. The FreeType side is relatively easy, and Werner has 
shown you sample code for that. The SVG side is not trivial; it requires XML 
parsing and should probably be done with a library for SVG (but I don't know 
what library to recommend).

>>> Converting the font to a
>>> TTF just to read it defies the purpose of them using SVG in the
>>> first place;

I'm curious (being interested in SVG-to-FT_Outline conversion myself), what is 
that purpose and what would be the harm in defying it?

Best wishes,

Tom

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