ftadvanc.h revision ec0bab5697bb31ba980810145f62e3799946ec60
1/***************************************************************************/
2/*                                                                         */
3/*  ftadvanc.h                                                             */
4/*                                                                         */
5/*    Quick computation of advance widths (specification only).            */
6/*                                                                         */
7/*  Copyright 2008, 2013 by                                                */
8/*  David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.                      */
9/*                                                                         */
10/*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
11/*  modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project      */
12/*  license, LICENSE.TXT.  By continuing to use, modify, or distribute     */
13/*  this file you indicate that you have read the license and              */
14/*  understand and accept it fully.                                        */
15/*                                                                         */
16/***************************************************************************/
17
18
19#ifndef __FTADVANC_H__
20#define __FTADVANC_H__
21
22
23#include <ft2build.h>
24#include FT_FREETYPE_H
25
26#ifdef FREETYPE_H
27#error "freetype.h of FreeType 1 has been loaded!"
28#error "Please fix the directory search order for header files"
29#error "so that freetype.h of FreeType 2 is found first."
30#endif
31
32
33FT_BEGIN_HEADER
34
35
36  /**************************************************************************
37   *
38   * @section:
39   *   quick_advance
40   *
41   * @title:
42   *   Quick retrieval of advance values
43   *
44   * @abstract:
45   *   Retrieve horizontal and vertical advance values without processing
46   *   glyph outlines, if possible.
47   *
48   * @description:
49   *   This section contains functions to quickly extract advance values
50   *   without handling glyph outlines, if possible.
51   */
52
53
54  /*************************************************************************/
55  /*                                                                       */
56  /* <Const>                                                               */
57  /*    FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY                                          */
58  /*                                                                       */
59  /* <Description>                                                         */
60  /*    A bit-flag to be OR-ed with the `flags' parameter of the           */
61  /*    @FT_Get_Advance and @FT_Get_Advances functions.                    */
62  /*                                                                       */
63  /*    If set, it indicates that you want these functions to fail if the  */
64  /*    corresponding hinting mode or font driver doesn't allow for very   */
65  /*    quick advance computation.                                         */
66  /*                                                                       */
67  /*    Typically, glyphs that are either unscaled, unhinted, bitmapped,   */
68  /*    or light-hinted can have their advance width computed very         */
69  /*    quickly.                                                           */
70  /*                                                                       */
71  /*    Normal and bytecode hinted modes that require loading, scaling,    */
72  /*    and hinting of the glyph outline, are extremely slow by            */
73  /*    comparison.                                                        */
74  /*                                                                       */
75#define FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY  0x20000000UL
76
77
78  /*************************************************************************/
79  /*                                                                       */
80  /* <Function>                                                            */
81  /*    FT_Get_Advance                                                     */
82  /*                                                                       */
83  /* <Description>                                                         */
84  /*    Retrieve the advance value of a given glyph outline in an          */
85  /*    @FT_Face.                                                          */
86  /*                                                                       */
87  /* <Input>                                                               */
88  /*    face       :: The source @FT_Face handle.                          */
89  /*                                                                       */
90  /*    gindex     :: The glyph index.                                     */
91  /*                                                                       */
92  /*    load_flags :: A set of bit flags similar to those used when        */
93  /*                  calling @FT_Load_Glyph, used to determine what kind  */
94  /*                  of advances you need.                                */
95  /* <Output>                                                              */
96  /*    padvance :: The advance value.  If scaling is performed (based on  */
97  /*                the value of `load_flags'), the advance value is in    */
98  /*                16.16 format.  Otherwise, it is in font units.         */
99  /*                                                                       */
100  /*                If @FT_LOAD_VERTICAL_LAYOUT is set, this is the        */
101  /*                vertical advance corresponding to a vertical layout.   */
102  /*                Otherwise, it is the horizontal advance in a           */
103  /*                horizontal layout.                                     */
104  /*                                                                       */
105  /* <Return>                                                              */
106  /*    FreeType error code.  0 means success.                             */
107  /*                                                                       */
108  /* <Note>                                                                */
109  /*    This function may fail if you use @FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY and   */
110  /*    if the corresponding font backend doesn't have a quick way to      */
111  /*    retrieve the advances.                                             */
112  /*                                                                       */
113  /*    A scaled advance is returned in 16.16 format but isn't transformed */
114  /*    by the affine transformation specified by @FT_Set_Transform.       */
115  /*                                                                       */
116  FT_EXPORT( FT_Error )
117  FT_Get_Advance( FT_Face    face,
118                  FT_UInt    gindex,
119                  FT_Int32   load_flags,
120                  FT_Fixed  *padvance );
121
122
123  /*************************************************************************/
124  /*                                                                       */
125  /* <Function>                                                            */
126  /*    FT_Get_Advances                                                    */
127  /*                                                                       */
128  /* <Description>                                                         */
129  /*    Retrieve the advance values of several glyph outlines in an        */
130  /*    @FT_Face.                                                          */
131  /*                                                                       */
132  /* <Input>                                                               */
133  /*    face        :: The source @FT_Face handle.                         */
134  /*                                                                       */
135  /*    start       :: The first glyph index.                              */
136  /*                                                                       */
137  /*    count       :: The number of advance values you want to retrieve.  */
138  /*                                                                       */
139  /*    load_flags  :: A set of bit flags similar to those used when       */
140  /*                   calling @FT_Load_Glyph.                             */
141  /*                                                                       */
142  /* <Output>                                                              */
143  /*    padvance :: The advance values.  This array, to be provided by the */
144  /*                caller, must contain at least `count' elements.        */
145  /*                                                                       */
146  /*                If scaling is performed (based on the value of         */
147  /*                `load_flags'), the advance values are in 16.16 format. */
148  /*                Otherwise, they are in font units.                     */
149  /*                                                                       */
150  /*                If @FT_LOAD_VERTICAL_LAYOUT is set, these are the      */
151  /*                vertical advances corresponding to a vertical layout.  */
152  /*                Otherwise, they are the horizontal advances in a       */
153  /*                horizontal layout.                                     */
154  /*                                                                       */
155  /* <Return>                                                              */
156  /*    FreeType error code.  0 means success.                             */
157  /*                                                                       */
158  /* <Note>                                                                */
159  /*    This function may fail if you use @FT_ADVANCE_FLAG_FAST_ONLY and   */
160  /*    if the corresponding font backend doesn't have a quick way to      */
161  /*    retrieve the advances.                                             */
162  /*                                                                       */
163  /*    Scaled advances are returned in 16.16 format but aren't            */
164  /*    transformed by the affine transformation specified by              */
165  /*    @FT_Set_Transform.                                                 */
166  /*                                                                       */
167  FT_EXPORT( FT_Error )
168  FT_Get_Advances( FT_Face    face,
169                   FT_UInt    start,
170                   FT_UInt    count,
171                   FT_Int32   load_flags,
172                   FT_Fixed  *padvances );
173
174/* */
175
176
177FT_END_HEADER
178
179#endif /* __FTADVANC_H__ */
180
181
182/* END */
183