[HarfBuzz] [PATCH] Add glyph extent information to hb-shape.

Behdad Esfahbod behdad.esfahbod at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 05:39:02 PDT 2015


On 15-08-24 01:36 PM, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On 24/08/2015 13:32, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>> Should we move the extents to reflect the glyph position?  Just add the
>> offset?  Or both offsets and advances?
> 
> I'm not sure I understand - offsets/advances are where you put the box,
> extents are how big the box is. One shouldn't affect the other, right?

Right.  I'm saying, in the hb-shape output, would it make more sense to shift
the box by advance/offest, ie. report absolute positions for the box?  Humm.
I'm happy not to.


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