nanogui: Scalable font support ...
Subject:
Re: Scalable font support ...
From:
Martin Jolicoeur ####@####.####
Date:
20 Mar 2000 12:14:24 -0000
Message-Id: <38D613C8.690EFE39@visuaide.com>
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> We have to keep in mind the target machine. I think all these
> features could be implemented quite well... like cached computations
> on fonts. I don't know, I'd have to see how it was being done. Is
> the calculation done for the font when you call a GdFontSetSize, etc.?
> Is it cached/can that font be cached? (If it's being calculated once)
> Clearly we can't recalculate fonts when we draw, that would result in
> fairly poor performance in general.
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For truetype fonts with freetype, glyphs aren't cached in the library,
but in the user application using the library (in our case, microwindows)
I haven't done it yet, but that will be the next step ....
Martin Jolicoeur
GVT Project
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