How To Draw Bitmaps From FreeType?

[Eric Mader <emader icu-project org>]

Hello,

I'm trying to render anti aliased bitmaps (i.e. 8 bits per pixel) 
generated by FreeType. I tried to create a GdkPixmap from the pixels and 
drawing it to the window using gdk_draw_drawable(), but that fails 
because the depth of the src (8) and the depth of the window (24) are 
different. I also tried to set the Pixmap as the stipple for the 
graphics context, and that resulted in an X error, I think also because 
of different depths.

What I'm thinking about trying next is to create an 8 bits per pixel 
GdkPixbuf, filling it by hand from the FreeType bitmap and drawing that 
using gdk_pixbuf_render_to_drawable(). Will that work, or will I still 
get an error because the depths don't match?

I'm also thinking about creating a GdkPixbuf with a depth of 24 and 
filling it by hand from the FreeType bitmap by copying the 8 bit pixel 
value into all three components of the pixbuf. Will that work?

Regards,
Eric Mader