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Re: [ft] Accessing localized chars in a font for slash char.
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft] Accessing localized chars in a font for slash char. |
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Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:33:27 +0100 (CET) |
> I was using "slash" char (code 47) but then notices that the one
> which uses Adobe aftereffects is a little bit different. (typing
> hebrew). Then I inspected the font in the FontCreator program and
> found that it is possible to use default char (47) or localized one
> which is located at the end of the font glyph maps.Its glyph index
> is 587
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> So if I explicitly insert that index into FT_Load_Glyph I am getting
> the correct localized slash char.
FreeType doesn't take care of localization in any way. You need a
higher-level library like Pango or ICU to activate locale handling
(i.e., selecting script and language for OpenType features).
Werner