Re: [ft-devel] GSoC: OT-SVG: `librsvg' based port functional now

[Werner LEMBERG]

> While using resvg to render glyphs from SVG documents which contain
> multiple glyphs, I observed some clipping issues.  Ultimately, I
> realized the problem was with `resvg'.  So I started work on a
> `librsvg' based port. That is functional now and can be found here
> <https://bitbucket.org/moazin/librsvg-port-freetype-otsvg/src/master/>.
> This one doesn't have those clipping issues and works fine with SVG
> documents that contain multiple glyphs.

Very nice!  No time right now to test it, though.

> I will probably debug the issue more later on and if I am sure it's
> a problem with `resvg', I will report it to the devs of `resvg'.

Good, thanks.

> Werner, the sluggishness you mentioned earlier, I observed that it
> doesn't occur in this `librsvg' port.  Turns out, it was occurring
> because I was linking against a `debug' build of `resvg' not the
> `release' build.  Changing that, removed the sluggishness and
> everything works super fast now. :)

Excellent news!

> Still looking at how the caching might be extended to work with
> OT-SVG is a good idea and stays in my list. :)

OK.


    Werner