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Diffstat (limited to 'src/3rdparty/freetype/include/freetype/ftincrem.h')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/freetype/include/freetype/ftincrem.h b/src/3rdparty/freetype/include/freetype/ftincrem.h index f67655eda0..2d4f5def24 100644 --- a/src/3rdparty/freetype/include/freetype/ftincrem.h +++ b/src/3rdparty/freetype/include/freetype/ftincrem.h @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * * FreeType incremental loading (specification). * - * Copyright (C) 2002-2020 by + * Copyright (C) 2002-2023 by * David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. * * This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, @@ -213,9 +213,14 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * * @description: * A function used to retrieve the basic metrics of a given glyph index - * before accessing its data. This is necessary because, in certain - * formats like TrueType, the metrics are stored in a different place - * from the glyph images proper. + * before accessing its data. This allows for handling font types such + * as PCL~XL Format~1, Class~2 downloaded TrueType fonts, where the glyph + * metrics (`hmtx` and `vmtx` tables) are permitted to be omitted from + * the font, and the relevant metrics included in the header of the glyph + * outline data. Importantly, this is not intended to allow custom glyph + * metrics (for example, Postscript Metrics dictionaries), because that + * conflicts with the requirements of outline hinting. Such custom + * metrics must be handled separately, by the calling application. * * @input: * incremental :: @@ -235,7 +240,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * * @output: * ametrics :: - * The replacement glyph metrics in font units. + * The glyph metrics in font units. * */ typedef FT_Error @@ -264,7 +269,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER * * get_glyph_metrics :: * The function to get glyph metrics. May be null if the font does not - * provide overriding glyph metrics. + * require it. * */ typedef struct FT_Incremental_FuncsRec_ |