Re: regarding all the possible functions that can be assigned to PangoCairoShapeRendererFunc func

[Parth Kanungo <kanungoparth gmail com>]

> Note that Pango doesn't really implement font variants.  Italic, bold, stretch
>
> etc should work as far as fonts are available.  Italic and bold are
>  synthesized if not available, but not stretch or other properties.

 

On second thoughts... did you mean that italic and bold are to be synthesized manually by writing code ?

I mistook your statement as, "Italic an bold are (automatically) synthesized if not available."

 

In that case, do I use FT_Bitmap_Embolden to help me with bold and transformation in PangoMatrix  for styles ??

And, If I can synthesize while rendering, I am concerned how layouting will change. Can you share your thoughts on this ??

 

Thanks.
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PangoLearner