Hi Michail, > is there any library that works like groff - accepts a "rich" text, > fonts (or font descriptions) and outputs the positions the glyphs are > to be displayed at?
`groff -Z' produces that, doesn't it? See groff_out(5) for the format. > The use I have in mind is typesetting labels in 3D models, where the > actual output of glyphs as 3D meshes is done by the main program, not > by the library. > > Sincerely, Michail > > The other approach is to print to bitmap and use it as a texture. I > know about it, but "vector" text sometimes may be better. Ah, -Z output says to put "hello" over here, it doesn't describe the curves required to stroke the letter `h', `e', etc. That would seem to be combining groff with something that understands the font definitions. Cheers, Ralph.
