23 Nov
2009
23 Nov
'09
8:17 a.m.
Oliver Buerschaper wrote:
Hi Mojca,
Also, is there a way to directly get the glyph outlines of, say, $\bigotimes$ in MetaPost code and use it to derive some length unit from it? Yes, but this only works for Type1 fonts, not for OpenType.
The example below is a literal copy from metapost manual (created by Taco).
This is quite impressive! This will make it much easier for me to obtain the right dimensions…
Now if only this worked with OpenType as well (or any other font
At some point next year I will rewrite the font backend of luatex, and at the same time make it a bit more generic. Once that is done, the new code can be ported to metapost. Don't hold your breath, it will likely take more than a year. Best wishes, Taco