Re: [Groff] groff as a library?

[Michail Vidiassov]

Dear Ralph,

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> > is there any library that works like groff - accepts a "rich" text,
> > fonts (or font descriptions) and outputs the positions the glyphs are
> > to be displayed at?
>
> `groff -Z' produces that, doesn't it?  See groff_out(5) for the format.

Yes, but the question was about groff-like _library_.

> > The use I have in mind is typesetting labels in 3D models, where the
> > actual output of glyphs as 3D meshes is done by the main program, not
> > by the library.
>
> Ah, -Z output says to put "hello" over here, it doesn't describe the
> curves required to stroke the letter `h', `e', etc.  That would seem to
> be combining groff with something that understands the font definitions.

Exactly, but again, there are libraries for OpenGL rendering of text,
that make glyphs into triangle meshes. But are there typesetting 
libraries?

 Sincerely, Michail