Re: [ft] German Letters with FT_Load_Char

[Adam Twardoch]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> I would recommend to avoid underspecified terminology such as
>> "Unicode strings" or "Unicode character codes" in all documentation
>> because they only specify the general principle of encoding text but
>> don't tell the developer the exact storage format. I recommend to
>> replace it with more specific terms such as "Unicode UTF-32 strings"
>> or "Unicode UTF-32 character codes" when applicable.
> 
> FreeType has no concept for `strings'.  You enter a single Unicode
> value, and it returns a glyph index.  However, I've slightly improved
> the documentation of FT_Encoding (which defines possible cmap values).

Perhaps you might add a mention of UTF-32 in the sentence "To convert a
Unicode character code to a font glyph index, we use FT_Get_Char_Index,
as in" on

http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step1.html

Best,
Adam

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