From: "Jonas Pfenniger (zimbatm)" <jonas@...>
Date: 2011-01-16T22:31:04+09:00
Subject: Re: rendering fonts with ruby

Hi Cullam,

did you take a look at the pango binding ? I think it does what you
want, but you'll have to try it out.

http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Ruby/Pango

2011/1/14 Cullam Bruce-lockhart <cullambl@yahoo.com>:
> Hey gang.
>
> I'm re-writing a tool to read .ttf files, and translate them into the
> needed bitmaps for their glyphs. (The tool I've got for this now is
> written in C++, and VERY poorly designed). For the re-write, I'd like to
> use Ruby. But I'm having some trouble finding existing tools to actually
> read the font files, and translate them into the bitmaps. In the C++
> version, freetype is used for these steps. However, all versions of
> freetype I've been able to find with Ruby are in alpha, and haven't been
> updated in several years. There are no gems for them, and the simple
> install instructions don't seem to do much of anything. I have found
> absolutely no discussion on-line about how to get them working, and
> there is little to no documentation.
>
> So essentially, I have two questions: Has anybody out there used an
> existing freetype binding for Ruby, and knows a) how to get them working
> and b) how well they actually do work?
> Or alternatively, are there any other extensions for ruby that can
> create glyph images by reading information from a .ttf file? I've done a
> fair bit of googling on this, but haven't been able to find much of use,
> so I figure it's time to ask the internet! Thanks a lot for the help.
> -cullam
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