Re: Bordered Text in Pango

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 13-06-14 06:00 AM, Parth Kanungo wrote:
>  Hello,
>
>  
>
> I have a requirement to implement bordered text in Pango.
>
> I also need the flexibility of being able to change the thickness of the
> bordered text.
>
> What do you think would be the right approach ?
>
>  
>
> According to me the only way out is to use FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden or a related
> variant while laying out the text. That will ensure correct itemization and
> line-break. 
>
> Once that is done, I can render the text using 2 colors, one for the text ,
> another for border.  But, I am not sure how to do that inside
> pango_ft2_render_layout_line. Can you tell me how this can be done?

This can't really be done directly with Pango.  How about getting the text
path from pangocairo and stroking it?


> Thanks and regards,
>
> Parth Kanungo

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