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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: CC: Re: "new" wp for linux
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-04-15 13:29:32
Message-ID: 407E8E3C.5030904 () acm ! org
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dirk.schoenberger@sz-online.de wrote:
>>>Are kerning tables / explicit kerning already implemented at Postscript
>>>level?
>>>
>>
>>AFAIK they are not implemented but you can write appropriate procedures
>>yourself using for example kshow operator.
>>
> 
> 
> By any chance, does there exist any Postscript function libraries to
> implement this?
> To implement this in a desktop environment in C++ is one thing, having to
> implement it both in C++ and in Postscript seems to be a little much
> work...
> Beside, you still want to have a proper rendering to screen, if only for
> previewing purposes.

IIUC, you can use the FreeType2 library calls to obtain the kerning data.

--
JRT
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