Re: [ft-devel] Auto Embolding of Lohit Devanagari

[Antoine Leca]

Alexei Podtelezhnikov wrote:
> In this particular font the glyph width is larger than it advance,
> which is unusual.
... but it is typical of Devanagari fonts, and in general of several
"hanging" scripts, where the upper bar is required to connect at both
ends for most glyphs.

I am not sure if it was done because of rounding errors while
digitalizing the designs, or if this feature was put there to make sure
the line is connected even if the outlines are somehow "damaged" by
rounding; but in any case the Freetype library (and any upper-level
libraries as well) should expect such a case if it is to handle
Devanagari fonts.


Antoine