Re: Variable fonts

[Tulsi Amin]

Hello,

I agree with you and thanks for the clarification.

Thank You,
Tulsi Amin

On Mon, 9 Jan, 2023, 09:06 Werner LEMBERG, <wl@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> > I am currently using the multiple master feature of freetype library
> > to support the variable fonts.  There is an issue that I am facing
> > currently.  For an example, consider that I am making letter "A"
> > bold using the weight axis but in my system I want to be able to
> > uniquely identify the default normal "A" and the bold "A" but since
> > the unicode id will be same for both normal "A" and bold "A", Is
> > freetype library providing any other identifier which can uniquely
> > identify them?
>
> No.  How should FreeType do that?  You input a glyph index, and the
> library returns a rasterized image of the glyph, nothing more.  All
> information FreeType can give is in the `FT_Face` structure and its
> related sub-structures and siblings.
>
> Such 'tagging' must be done at a higher library level: essentially,
> it's you who specifies the parameters for the variable font, so it's
> you who has to track them, too.
>
>
>     Werner
>