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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +NAME + librifunktionsteckensnittsglyfrasteriseringsprogrambiblioteket - Font rasterisation library + +DESCRIPTION + librifunktionsteckensnittsglyfrasteriseringsprogrambiblioteket is a C library + for converting shape outlines to filled shapes, with a focus on fonts, which + that it only supports filled, closed shapes and that the direction of the + outline determines whether a shape adds or subtracts to the image (the absolute + values of the result is used in the image). Furthermore this means that the + library only supports curve types that are used for drawing glyphs; specifically + this means that lines and quadratic Bézier curves are supported by cause this + is what is requied to draw vectorised bitmap fonts and TrueType fonts, but also + cubic Bézier curves as this is required for OpenType fonts and elliptical arcs + (elliptical rather than circular because it may be need required to strech the + circle to support outputs with different vertical and horizontal dot density and + to support subpixel antialiasing) as this is commonly used for corners when + stroking the outline of a glyph. + +NOTES + Rifunktionsteckensnittsglyfrasteriseringsprogrambiblioteket (hyphenation: + ri|funk¦tions-tec¦ken|snit¦ts-glyf-ras¦ter¦iser¦ings-prog¦ram|bib¦lio¦te¦ket) + is Swedish for "the library for rasterising glyphs from spline fonts". + + Because of the length of the library name, and length limitation on function + names, the functions in this library are namespaced with the prefix "rtgrpblib_". |