Re: [ft] How to use the PCF fonts with FreeType 2.5.3

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I am new to the freetype library. Therefore, I have an entry level
> question about how to use the PCF fonts with FreeType 2.5.3.

[FreeType 2.5.3 is almost three years old.  The current release is
 version 2.9.]

> I tried to search online but there is no example about PCF.  Most of
> the results are about TTF. I also tried to follow the example
> <https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/example1.c> in
> Freetype tutorial by using a PCF file as the attached file (24 pt
> font size and 100 resolution).  It does not report errors, but the
> render result seems to be incorrect.

Using the `ftview' demo program, I can easily load your font:

  ftview 33 charR24.pcf.gz

As you can see the `24' in the font name refers to the point size, not
the pixel size (which FreeType computes as 33ppem).

To make that work you need a FreeType library that has both activated
PCF and gzip support.


    Werner