[HarfBuzz] hb-view SVG

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 08/15/2012 06:08 PM, Tomas Celizna wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using the latest version of harfbuzz (resp. hb-view; 0.9.2) to render some text to SVG. However, the SVG output seems to be quite bigger when compared to PNG output for the same font size. Does anyone happen to know where to look for and how to fix this problem? Thank you!

Bigger as in byte size, or width/height? :)

For PNG, the size is in pixels.  For SVG, the size is in Points.  Assuming a
96dpi screen, you should multiple the pixel size by 0.75 to get the equivalent
point size.

behdad

> Best, 
> Tomas
> 
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