msdfgen/include/freetype/ftgasp.h

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/*  ftgasp.h                                                               */
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/*    Access of TrueType's `gasp' table (specification).                   */
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/*  Copyright 2007 by                                                      */
/*  David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.                      */
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/*  modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project      */
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#ifndef _FT_GASP_H_
#define _FT_GASP_H_

#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H

  /***************************************************************************
   *
   * @section:
   *   gasp_table
   *
   * @title:
   *   Gasp Table
   *
   * @abstract:
   *   Retrieving TrueType `gasp' table entries
   *
   * @description:
   *   The function @FT_Get_Gasp can be used to query a TrueType or OpenType
   *   font for specific entries in their `gasp' table, if any.  This is
   *   mainly useful when implementing native TrueType hinting with the
   *   bytecode interpreter to duplicate the Windows text rendering results.
   */

  /*************************************************************************
   *
   * @enum:
   *   FT_GASP_XXX
   *
   * @description:
   *   A list of values and/or bit-flags returned by the @FT_Get_Gasp
   *   function.
   *
   * @values:
   *   FT_GASP_NO_TABLE ::
   *     This special value means that there is no GASP table in this face.
   *     It is up to the client to decide what to do.
   *
   *   FT_GASP_DO_GRIDFIT ::
   *     Grid-fitting and hinting should be performed at the specified ppem.
   *     This *really* means TrueType bytecode interpretation.
   *
   *   FT_GASP_DO_GRAY ::
   *     Anti-aliased rendering should be performed at the specified ppem.
   *
   *   FT_GASP_SYMMETRIC_SMOOTHING ::
   *     Smoothing along multiple axes must be used with ClearType.
   *
   *   FT_GASP_SYMMETRIC_GRIDFIT ::
   *     Grid-fitting must be used with ClearType's symmetric smoothing.
   *
   * @note:
   *   `ClearType' is Microsoft's implementation of LCD rendering, partly
   *   protected by patents.
   *
   * @since:
   *   2.3.0
   */
#define FT_GASP_NO_TABLE               -1
#define FT_GASP_DO_GRIDFIT           0x01
#define FT_GASP_DO_GRAY              0x02
#define FT_GASP_SYMMETRIC_SMOOTHING  0x08
#define FT_GASP_SYMMETRIC_GRIDFIT    0x10


  /*************************************************************************
   *
   * @func:
   *   FT_Get_Gasp
   *
   * @description:
   *   Read the `gasp' table from a TrueType or OpenType font file and
   *   return the entry corresponding to a given character pixel size.
   *
   * @input:
   *   face :: The source face handle.
   *   ppem :: The vertical character pixel size.
   *
   * @return:
   *   Bit flags (see @FT_GASP_XXX), or @FT_GASP_NO_TABLE is there is no
   *   `gasp' table in the face.
   *
   * @since:
   *   2.3.0
   */
  FT_EXPORT( FT_Int )
  FT_Get_Gasp( FT_Face  face,
               FT_UInt  ppem );

/* */

#endif /* _FT_GASP_H_ */


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