> > What freetype API function are you calling? Not sure if it applies to > > freetype, but with Xft (as implemented and used in fpGUI), there are > > various versions of the same API. You need to call the correct one based > > on the encoding type of you text. > > freetype.GetStringGray > > I've tried tweaking all kinds of things but the sad truth is that I am really > pathetic at figuring out libraries when no documentation is given, and I sure > can't find any documentation. > > I see that the fpgui helloworld program handles unicode nicely. I guess I'll > try and imitate whatever's happening there.
Easier said than done... the reason I've been using freetype.GetStringGray (oops, excuse me -- freetype.TFontManager.GetStringGray) is that it returns TStringBitmaps, which I can use within my framework. It looks like the behavior of XftDrawStringUtf8 is to draw something on the screen, whereas I need to access the individual character glyphs and do the drawing later. hum. Is there some secret, hidden documentation for fpc's freetype unit? (and so many other units?) :P ~David. > > procedure XftDrawStringUtf8(...); cdecl; external libXft; > > procedure XftDrawString8(...); cdecl; external libXft; > > procedure XftDrawString16(...); cdecl; external libXft; > > > > > > Regards, > > - Graeme - > > > > -- > > fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal > > http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
