RE: [Devel] AAT/TrueTypeGX supports in Mac

[Turner David]

Hello,

 TT_FaceRec is an internal structure, which is likely to change
 in future releases (like any internal stuff). Do not use it unless
 you hack FT2's internals !!

Regards,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Behalf Of Masatake YAMATO
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:49 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Devel] AAT/TrueTypeGX supports in Mac
> 
> 
> > BTW, mpsuzuki and I are working on AAT supprot on Freetype2.
> 
> To support AAT/TrueTypeGX in FreeType2 or in a library stacked on
> FreeType2, I'd like to use `extra' field in TT_FaceRec:
> 
>   typedef struct  TT_FaceRec_
>   {
> 
>   ...
>     
> /*************************************************************
> **********/
>     /*                                                        
>              */
>     /* Other tables or fields. This is used by derivative 
> formats like     */
>     /* OpenType.                                              
>              */
>     /*                                                        
>              */
>     
> /*************************************************************
> **********/
> 
>     FT_Generic            extra;
> 
>     const char*           postscript_name;
> 
>   } TT_FaceRec;
> 
> 
> How do you think using the `extra' field in the 
> AAT/TrueTypeGX supports code?
> 
> It seems that otlayout is far from complete. Any otlayout 
> codes doesn't use
> `extra' field of TT_Face yet. AFIK, only cff uses the `extra' 
> field. But
> I guess cff and aat are not conflicts. 
> 
> OpenType related code in pango derived from FreeType1 manages 
> OpenType related
> tables outside TT_Face. AAT/TrueTypeGX also have to do the same?
> If AAT/TrueTypeGX tables are in a TT_Face, AAT/TrueTypeGX 
> supports code becomes 
> simple.
> 
> Give me hits.
> 
> Regards,
> Masatake YAMATO
> 
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