[Devel] Using FreeType for vectorial purpose

[Cortex - DRAG-Network -]

Hi,

I'm new to FreeType and, before getting my hands on it, I'd like to know 
if it can do what I'd want.

I write an OpenGL application, and I'd like to implement font displaying 
right now. However, I'd like not to use the standard way to do this 
(using Bitmaps) but rather really displaying the polygons of each 
letter. Thus, I could extrude the characters and get some nice 3D 
effects on them.

So, my question is : does FreeType support vectorial output ? Is it 
possible to obtain a set of 2D vectors for each character (defining the 
outline in fact) for a give font ? With which font formats is it 
available if it is ?

Thanks for any answer ;-)

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Cortex