Re: [boost] boost::freetype - extension for boost::gil

From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-13 22:34:26

On 4/13/07, Phil Endecott <spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > //Step 1.  Initialize the freetype library
> > FT_Library library;
> > FT_Face face;
> > FT_Init_FreeType(&library);
> > FT_New_Face(library,"c:/fonts/mini/ARGOW___.TTF",0,&face);
> > FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(face,0,12);
>
> Can you wrap all this up inside boost::freetype::library and
> boost::freetype::face classes?
>
>

I'd rather we not call it freetype at all - wrap it up as a generic
text renderer, that just happens to use freetype underneath.  No
reason to expose that it is freetype.

Tony