On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Nicolas Jinchereau <
[email protected]> wrote:

> What about adding FT_RENDER_MODE_NONE = -1 to FT_Render_Mode_?
> The enum should still be representable by the same size int.
>
> Or maybe a better name than FT_RENDER_MODE_NONE that specifies the
> layout/measurement portion of the rendering only?
>

But the measured size is dependent on the render mode, no?


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> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alexei Podtelezhnikov <[email protected]
> > wrote:
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>> > https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-base_
>> interface.html#FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY
>> > I proposed expanding FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY flag to work for
>> > outline glyphs as well. If I understand correctly this should help
>> > with GPU font atlases, rectangle packing, whatever is the Skia
>> > issue... The stars aligned for the recipients list.
>>
>> Its easier said than done. The renderers do not see all load_flags but
>> only the 4-bit (0-5 actually) render_mode enum. I can pass the
>> FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY flag to FT_Render_Glyph at bit 5 or above
>> to force the renderers to bail once the bitmap metrics are set. Can I
>> set a bits in enum? This technically changes the type from
>> FT_Render_Mode to int. Unfortunately, the enum persists deep inside.
>> Any other ideas?
>>
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