Re: [ft] help developing a software for kerning and spacing

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Primarily i would like it to have the following functionality:
> 
> 1) It should be able to display each glyph( i mean just like Fontlab
>    studio where there is the font window and the glyph window) nd
>    it's side bearings(Both horizontal and vertical(asian fonts))
> 2) One should be able to adjust the spacing and Kerning manually
> 3) auto kern and space feature should be there(I can develop my own
>    algorithms or improve the previous algos)

Any reason for re-inventing the wheel?  I rather suggest to use
FontForge, which is able to do what you want, IIRC.  Or is this for
educational purposes only?

> I am only comfortable with python and C# but Freetype is written in
> C.  Even I am beginner programmer and is there anyway I can use
> Freetype and python to make the application i want?

Use the python bindings from the `freetype-py' project:

  http://code.google.com/p/freetype-py/


    Werner