Re: pango, first try

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> > I had a look at using Pango for typesetting text. See the attached
> > program.
> 
> Which version of pango do I need for that?  With 1.2.5 I get a
> segfault with G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME...  Anyway, after commenting out the
> printf statement I was able to proceed.

You need 1.6, which is needed for the PUA thing as well.

> > * PangoGlyphUnit <-> Real World dimension conversion.
> 
> Where's the problem?  Everything should be converted to PS points,
> right?

PangoGlyphUnits are 1/1024th of a device point.  It's not entirely
clear how I can set the device resolution.

> > * How to handle dichotomy with TeX fonts and OTFs?
> 
> What exactly do you mean?

If we use OT for fonts, then we have to translate back to the right
type1 fonts for --format=tex.I'm not sure how we should handle that.


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