Re: [ft] Vertical metrics from FT_GlyphRec - possible?

[Brady Duga]

On May 9, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I'm not very well acquainted with the cache code, but I seem to
> remember that glyph metrics and kerning data are *not* cached.  You
> have to do that by yourself -- I think it should be possible to use
> the generic FreeType cache functions to model something after, say,
> `FTC_CMapCache'.  Look at the code in src/cache/ftccmap.c.  We would
> be happy if you could then contribute your code to us.

Well, they *sort-of* are saved. That is, the advance for horizontal  
is saved, but vertical advances are not, nor are lsb/rsb_delta  
values. The problem is, not all that is in the metrics, per se. The  
advances are, but the delta values are not. It seems like caching a  
GlyphSlot is almost necessary. That, or a new structure that holds  
some of that data.

--Brady