nanogui: freetype2 now works
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] freetype2 now works
From:
"Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2005 19:23:32 +0000
Message-Id: <00f801c5fdbf$3f807050$6401a8c0@gregnewport>
> IIUC then when using a freetypefont for the first time in an application
> it is loaded from the *.ttf file and all characters are rendered into
> some memory. Then these bitmaps are copied when needed.
> This takes quite some time on my little embedded system.
>
> So where exactly would this caching help?
I don't have the code in front of me, but generally the external
caching that nano-X developers have written takes the freetype
output bitmap format, which isn't in nano-X bitmap format, and
caches it in nano-X bitmap format for a given size and cache
range of characters. In this way, character output is as fast
as internal font display, which are always stored in nano-X
bitmap format.
Regards,
Greg
