Re: Font Rendering: Multiple FT_Faces and baselines

Alexei Podtelezhnikov <[email protected]> Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:37:50 -0400

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> > ... calculate an "average" baseline and align to that ...

> Or align to the midpoints of the overall font glyph boxes (including
> font ascent and font descent). That may be a suitable compromise.

Or... whatever works.  FreeType provides a client with all kinds of
metrics and bounding boxes, bitmap sizes and offsets. Use them as you
see fit for text layout or graffiti.