libraries/freetype-2.0.5/include/freetype/internal/autohint.h

   1 /***************************************************************************/
   2 /*                                                                         */
   3 /*  autohint.h                                                             */
   4 /*                                                                         */
   5 /*    High-level `autohint' module-specific interface (specification).     */
   6 /*                                                                         */
   7 /*  Copyright 1996-2001 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   /*************************************************************************/
  20   /*                                                                       */
  21   /* The auto-hinter is used to load and automatically hint glyphs if a    */
  22   /* format-specific hinter isn't available.                               */
  23   /*                                                                       */
  24   /*************************************************************************/
  25
  26
  27 #ifndef __AUTOHINT_H__
  28 #define __AUTOHINT_H__
  29
  30
  31   /*************************************************************************/
  32   /*                                                                       */
  33   /* A small technical note regarding automatic hinting in order to        */
  34   /* clarify this module interface.                                        */
  35   /*                                                                       */
  36   /* An automatic hinter might compute two kinds of data for a given face: */
  37   /*                                                                       */
  38   /* - global hints: Usually some metrics that describe global properties  */
  39   /*                 of the face.  It is computed by scanning more or less */
  40   /*                 agressively the glyphs in the face, and thus can be   */
  41   /*                 very slow to compute (even if the size of global      */
  42   /*                 hints is really small).                               */
  43   /*                                                                       */
  44   /* - glyph hints:  These describe some important features of the glyph   */
  45   /*                 outline, as well as how to align them.  They are      */
  46   /*                 generally much faster to compute than global hints.   */
  47   /*                                                                       */
  48   /* The current FreeType auto-hinter does a pretty good job while         */
  49   /* performing fast computations for both global and glyph hints.         */
  50   /* However, we might be interested in introducing more complex and       */
  51   /* powerful algorithms in the future, like the one described in the John */
  52   /* D. Hobby paper, which unfortunately requires a lot more horsepower.   */
  53   /*                                                                       */
  54   /* Because a sufficiently sophisticated font management system would     */
  55   /* typically implement an LRU cache of opened face objects to reduce     */
  56   /* memory usage, it is a good idea to be able to avoid recomputing       */
  57   /* global hints every time the same face is re-opened.                   */
  58   /*                                                                       */
  59   /* We thus provide the ability to cache global hints outside of the face */
  60   /* object, in order to speed up font re-opening time.  Of course, this   */
  61   /* feature is purely optional, so most client programs won't even notice */
  62   /* it.                                                                   */
  63   /*                                                                       */
  64   /* I initially thought that it would be a good idea to cache the glyph   */
  65   /* hints too.  However, my general idea now is that if you really need   */
  66   /* to cache these too, you are simply in need of a new font format,      */
  67   /* where all this information could be stored within the font file and   */
  68   /* decoded on the fly.                                                   */
  69   /*                                                                       */
  70   /*************************************************************************/
  71
  72
  73 #include <ft2build.h>
  74 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
  75
  76
  77 FT_BEGIN_HEADER
  78
  79
  80   typedef struct FT_AutoHinterRec_  *FT_AutoHinter;
  81
  82
  83   /*************************************************************************/
  84   /*                                                                       */
  85   /* <FuncType>                                                            */
  86   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Get_Global_Func                                      */
  87   /*                                                                       */
  88   /* <Description>                                                         */
  89   /*    Retrieves the global hints computed for a given face object the    */
  90   /*    resulting data is dissociated from the face and will survive a     */
  91   /*    call to FT_Done_Face(). It must be discarded through the API       */
  92   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Done_Global_Func().                                  */
  93   /*                                                                       */
  94   /* <Input>                                                               */
  95   /*    hinter        :: A handle to the source auto-hinter.               */
  96   /*                                                                       */
  97   /*    face          :: A handle to the source face object.               */
  98   /*                                                                       */
  99   /* <Output>                                                              */
 100   /*    global_hints  :: A typeless pointer to the global hints.           */
 101   /*                                                                       */
 102   /*    global_len    :: The size in bytes of the global hints.            */
 103   /*                                                                       */
 104   typedef void
 105   (*FT_AutoHinter_Get_Global_Func)( FT_AutoHinter  hinter,
 106                                     FT_Face        face,
 107                                     void**         global_hints,
 108                                     long*          global_len );
 109
 110
 111   /*************************************************************************/
 112   /*                                                                       */
 113   /* <FuncType>                                                            */
 114   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Done_Global_Func                                     */
 115   /*                                                                       */
 116   /* <Description>                                                         */
 117   /*    Discards the global hints retrieved through                        */
 118   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Get_Global_Func().  This is the only way these hints */
 119   /*    are freed from memory.                                             */
 120   /*                                                                       */
 121   /* <Input>                                                               */
 122   /*    hinter :: A handle to the auto-hinter module.                      */
 123   /*                                                                       */
 124   /*    global :: A pointer to retrieved global hints to discard.          */
 125   /*                                                                       */
 126   typedef void
 127   (*FT_AutoHinter_Done_Global_Func)( FT_AutoHinter  hinter,
 128                                      void*          global );
 129
 130
 131   /*************************************************************************/
 132   /*                                                                       */
 133   /* <FuncType>                                                            */
 134   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Reset_Func                                           */
 135   /*                                                                       */
 136   /* <Description>                                                         */
 137   /*    This function is used to recompute the global metrics in a given   */
 138   /*    font.  This is useful when global font data changes (e.g. Multiple */
 139   /*    Masters fonts where blend coordinates change).                     */
 140   /*                                                                       */
 141   /* <Input>                                                               */
 142   /*    hinter :: A handle to the source auto-hinter.                      */
 143   /*                                                                       */
 144   /*    face   :: A handle to the face.                                    */
 145   /*                                                                       */
 146   typedef void
 147   (*FT_AutoHinter_Reset_Func)( FT_AutoHinter  hinter,
 148                                FT_Face        face );
 149
 150
 151   /*************************************************************************/
 152   /*                                                                       */
 153   /* <FuncType>                                                            */
 154   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Load_Func                                            */
 155   /*                                                                       */
 156   /* <Description>                                                         */
 157   /*    This function is used to load, scale, and automatically hint a     */
 158   /*    glyph from a given face.                                           */
 159   /*                                                                       */
 160   /* <Input>                                                               */
 161   /*    face        :: A handle to the face.                               */
 162   /*    glyph_index :: The glyph index.                                    */
 163   /*    load_flags  :: The load flags.                                     */
 164   /*                                                                       */
 165   /* <Note>                                                                */
 166   /*    This function is capable of loading composite glyphs by hinting    */
 167   /*    each sub-glyph independently (which improves quality).             */
 168   /*                                                                       */
 169   /*    It will call the font driver with FT_Load_Glyph(), with            */
 170   /*    FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE set.                                              */
 171   /*                                                                       */
 172   typedef FT_Error
 173   (*FT_AutoHinter_Load_Func)( FT_AutoHinter  hinter,
 174                               FT_GlyphSlot   slot,
 175                               FT_Size        size,
 176                               FT_UInt        glyph_index,
 177                               FT_ULong       load_flags );
 178
 179
 180   /*************************************************************************/
 181   /*                                                                       */
 182   /* <Struct>                                                              */
 183   /*    FT_AutoHinter_Interface                                            */
 184   /*                                                                       */
 185   /* <Description>                                                         */
 186   /*    The auto-hinter module's interface.                                */
 187   /*                                                                       */
 188   typedef struct  FT_AutoHinter_Interface
 189   {
 190     FT_AutoHinter_Reset_Func        reset_face;
 191     FT_AutoHinter_Load_Func         load_glyph;
 192
 193     FT_AutoHinter_Get_Global_Func   get_global_hints;
 194     FT_AutoHinter_Done_Global_Func  done_global_hints;
 195
 196   } FT_AutoHinter_Interface;
 197
 198
 199 FT_END_HEADER
 200
 201 #endif /* __AUTOHINT_H__ */
 202
 203
 204 /* END */