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Re: [ft] Rendering text using winfnt
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft] Rendering text using winfnt |
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Mon, 08 May 2017 08:56:34 +0200 (CEST) |
Hello Ammar!
> Now, i want to test some windows font for that i installed one
> window font
> (http://www.2200freefonts.com/new/911porscha_bitmap0.zip). The
> problem is that fontconfig doesnt support windows font so, fc-list
> doesnt show this font even located at proper directories, so is
> there a way i can render text using this font through my
> application?
This I can't answer, but...
> or any other demo program of FreeType? I heared about ftview but i
> am not sure what actually it is
...ftview can certainly display winfnt files. This demo program is a
simple graphical front-end to the FreeType library.
> and how can i use that for rendering styled text with different
> fonts on screen?
You can study the source code of ftview and the other demo programs.
Note that winfnt stuff isn't handled specially; FreeType can
automatically recognize this font format.
Werner