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OGLFT::Outline Class Reference

Render text as a polygon outline. More...

#include <OGLFT.h>

Inheritance diagram for OGLFT::Outline::

List of all members.

Public Methods
	Outline (const char *filename, float point_size=12, FT_UInt resolution=100)
	Outline (FT_Face face, float point_size=12, FT_UInt resolution=100)
	~Outline (void)

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Detailed Description

Render text as a polygon outline.

Text is drawn as an outline of each glyph. The contours are extracted from the font file through FreeType. FreeType is used to scale the contours to a given size. Usually the outline is drawn in the foreground color, however, you can specify a ColorTess object to provide a color for each vertex individually. You can also use the per-glyph display list functionality to alter the attributes of each glyph.

The only complexity to this style is selecting the point size. Since the outlines are drawn as a polygon, they are subject to the MODELVIEW transformation. The point size is nominally chosen to be the same as a raster image generated at the given resolution. Some experimentation with point size and resolution may be necessary to achieve the desired results.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

OGLFT::Outline::Outline ( const char * filename, float point_size = 12, FT_UInt resolution = 100 )

Parameters: file   the filename which contains the font face. point_size   the initial point size of the font to generate. A point is essentially 1/72th of an inch. Defaults to 12. resolution   the pixel density of the display in dots per inch (DPI). Defaults to 100 DPI.

OGLFT::Outline::Outline ( FT_Face face, float point_size = 12, FT_UInt resolution = 100 )

Parameters: face   open FreeType FT_Face. point_size   the initial point size of the font to generate. A point is essentially 1/72th of an inch. Defaults to 12. resolution   the pixel density of the display in dots per inch (DPI). Defaults to 100 DPI.

OGLFT::Outline::~Outline ( void )

The destructor doesn't do anything in particular.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• OGLFT.h
• OGLFT.cpp

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