Re: [ft-devel] Loading empty bitmap fails?

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> ???  How shall I map GID 3 to a space glyph if there isn't an
>> advance width or height?  Not returning an error for a glyph
>> without any metrics smells very fishy.
> 
> As it happens, hmtx / vmtx tables define advances for all glyphs.
> There's no way to leave a glyph out.

Actually, there is, since there exist bitmap font formats that don't
have an `hmtx' table at all...

Anyway, this is now implemented in git.  Please test.


    Werner