FreeType

Synopsis

use HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType;
   use HarfBuzz::Shaper;
   use Font::FreeType::Face;
   my  Font::FreeType::Face $ft-face .= new: ...;
   my  HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType() .= %( :$ft-face, :@features, :$size, :@scale );
   my  HarfBuzz::Shaper $shaper .= new: :$font, :buf{ :text<Hello> };

Description

This modules supports FreeType integration for the HarfBuzz library.

It may be used to do HarfBuzz shaping from a Font::FreeType object.

Note that HarfBuzz can load OpenType and TrueType format fonts directly. The FreeType integration most likely to be useful for other font formats, that can be loaded by [Font::FreeType](https://harfbuzz-raku.github.io/Font-FreeType-raku/).

Methods

This class inherits from HarfBuzz::Font and has all its methods available.

new

use Font::FreeType::Face;
use HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType;
method new(
    Font::FreeType::Face:D :$ft-face!, # FreeeType face
    Bool  :$funcs = True,              # use FreeType functions
    Num() :$size = 12e0,               # font size (points)
    :@scale,                           # font scale [x, y?]
) returns HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType:D

Creates a new FreeType integrated font.

multi method COERCE(
    % (Font::FreeType::Face:D :$ft-face!, |etc)
) returns HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType:D

Coerces a FreeType integrated font, from an options hash.

HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType v0.0.8

binds to the HarfBuzz font shaping library

Authors

  • David Warring

License

Artistic-2.0

Dependencies

HarfBuzz:ver<0.0.8+>Font::FreeType

Test Dependencies

Provides

  • HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType
  • HarfBuzz::Font::FreeType::Raw

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