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Re: [ft] A freetype2 learner
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft] A freetype2 learner |
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Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:28:57 +0100 (CET) |
> Can you share an example to draw 'A' with a font on X11. I tried
> many days, but I cannot have good result.
Well, FreeType's job is to simply render a glyph image into a buffer,
and you have to use X11 library functions to eventually display it.
With the former you can get help here on this ist, but not with the
latter – you have to search an X11 forum for that.
You might look at the Freetype demo programs like ftview how to do it.
Note, however, that the demo programs use a small, abstract library
called `graph' (which is part of the demo bundle) to provide a uniform
interface for various operating systems. A modern and better
replacement is Qt or GTK, for example, which I recommend to use, since
its high-level interface is much easier to handle than low-level X11
graphics stuff.
Werner