Re: [ft-devel] support of named instances

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Thanks Werner, this is great!  I'm working on a fontconfig patch...

On 15-08-13 07:47 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> I've just pushed a patch to the git repository for easy support of
> named instances in GX fonts.  From the CHANGES file:
> 
> 
>     - Simple access  to named instances  in GX variation fonts  is now
>       available (in addition to the  previous method via FreeType's MM
>       interface).   In  the  FT_Face  structure,  bits  16-30  of  the
>       `face_index' field hold the current named instance index for the
>       given face  index, and bits  16-30 of `style_flags'  contain the
>       number of  instances for  the given face  index.  `FT_Open_Face'
>       and friends also understand the  extended bits of the face index
>       parameter.
> 
>       You need to enable  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT for this new
>       feature.  Otherwise, bits  16-30 of the two fields  are zero (or
>       are ignored).
> 
> 
> Please test – and enjoy!
> 
> 
>     Werner
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