Recent changes to bugs

#6 Add option to render missing glyphs with FreeSerif

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:55:22 -0000

status: open --> closed-fixed

#7 Do not hardcode Blocks.txt into the program

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:53:52 -0000

status: open --> closed-fixed

#7 Do not hardcode Blocks.txt into the program

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:50:54 -0000

Hi, in the new release (5.0) it is now possible to specify an alternate blocks file using --blocks-file option. This should help in your use case. The release is available from github: https://github.com/eugmes/fntsample/releases/tag/release%2F5.0

#5 Use Pango for drawing glyph cells

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:08:05 -0000

status: open --> closed-fixed

#8 Add an option to use add PDF outlines with Cairo

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:06:59 -0000

status: open --> closed-fixed

#5 Use Pango for drawing glyph cells

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:52:11 -0000

I can make it an option and send a GitHub pull request. For my fonts the difference between using Freetype and Pango is the difference between not showing glyphs at all and showing them correctly. The dotted cirrcle is a feature for me as well (though it can be disable by putting a space before the marks), as it makes combining from non-compining marks clear and make it easy to see if the mark applies above or below the base.

#5 Use Pango for drawing glyph cells

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:49:22 -0000

Hi, sorry for late reply. I had time to test your patch, and for me result does not always look better than without it. Cairo adds circles for combining marks that look bad with DejaVu Sans for example. Also with DejaVu Sans some (historic) characters in Cyrillic range look off-center. I'll probably make this layout selectable as command line option for now.

BTW I've created a repo on Github where I plan to move the development of this project: https://github.com/eugmes/fntsample

Add an option to use add PDF outlines with Cairo

Khaled Hosny — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:58:10 -0000

The development version of Cairo has support for adding PDF outlines and other metadata, this patch adds an option to make use of this and avoid the need for an external program.

Add an option to use add PDF outlines with Cairo

Khaled Hosny — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:58:10 -0000

Ticket 8 has been modified: Add an option to use add PDF outlines with Cairo
Edited By: Eugeniy Meshcheryakov (eugeniy)
Status updated: u'open' => u'closed-fixed'

#5 Use Pango for drawing glyph cells

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:54:43 -0000

Here is an updated version of the patch to check for Pango version explicitely.