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TrueTypeGX/AAT Validation
Synopsis
This section contains the declaration of functions to validate some TrueTypeGX tables (feat, mort, morx, bsln, just, kern, opbd, trak, prop, lcar).
FT_TrueTypeGX_Validate
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
Validate various TrueTypeGX tables to assure that all offsets and indices are valid. The idea is that a higher-level library that actually does the text layout can access those tables without error checking (which can be quite time consuming).
input
face |
A handle to the input face.
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validation_flags |
A bit field that specifies the tables to be validated. See FT_VALIDATE_GXXXX for possible values.
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table_length |
The size of the tables array. Normally, FT_VALIDATE_GX_LENGTH should be passed.
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output
tables |
The array where all validated sfnt tables are stored. The array itself must be allocated by a client.
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return
FreeType error code. 0 means success.
note
This function only works with TrueTypeGX fonts, returning an error otherwise.
After use, the application should deallocate the buffers pointed to by each tables
element, by calling FT_TrueTypeGX_Free
. A NULL
value indicates that the table either doesn't exist in the font, the application hasn't asked for validation, or the validator doesn't have the ability to validate the sfnt table.
FT_TrueTypeGX_Free
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
Free the buffer allocated by TrueTypeGX validator.
input
note
This function must be used to free the buffer allocated by FT_TrueTypeGX_Validate
only.
FT_ClassicKern_Validate
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
Validate classic (16-bit format) kern table to assure that the offsets and indices are valid. The idea is that a higher-level library that actually does the text layout can access those tables without error checking (which can be quite time consuming).
The ‘kern’ table validator in FT_TrueTypeGX_Validate
deals with both the new 32-bit format and the classic 16-bit format, while FT_ClassicKern_Validate only supports the classic 16-bit format.
input
face |
A handle to the input face.
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validation_flags |
A bit field that specifies the dialect to be validated. See FT_VALIDATE_CKERNXXX for possible values.
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output
ckern_table |
A pointer to the kern table.
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return
FreeType error code. 0 means success.
note
After use, the application should deallocate the buffers pointed to by ckern_table
, by calling FT_ClassicKern_Free
. A NULL
value indicates that the table doesn't exist in the font.
FT_ClassicKern_Free
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
Free the buffer allocated by classic Kern validator.
input
note
This function must be used to free the buffer allocated by FT_ClassicKern_Validate
only.
FT_VALIDATE_GX_LENGTH
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
#define FT_VALIDATE_GX_LENGTH ( FT_VALIDATE_GX_LAST_INDEX + 1 )
The number of tables checked in this module. Use it as a parameter for the table-length
argument of function FT_TrueTypeGX_Validate
.
FT_VALIDATE_GXXXX
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
A list of bit-field constants used with FT_TrueTypeGX_Validate
to indicate which TrueTypeGX/AAT Type tables should be validated.
values
FT_VALIDATE_feat |
Validate ‘feat’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_mort |
Validate ‘mort’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_morx |
Validate ‘morx’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_bsln |
Validate ‘bsln’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_just |
Validate ‘just’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_kern |
Validate ‘kern’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_opbd |
Validate ‘opbd’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_trak |
Validate ‘trak’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_prop |
Validate ‘prop’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_lcar |
Validate ‘lcar’ table.
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FT_VALIDATE_GX |
Validate all TrueTypeGX tables (feat, mort, morx, bsln, just, kern, opbd, trak, prop and lcar).
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FT_VALIDATE_CKERNXXX
Defined in FT_GX_VALIDATE_H (freetype/ftgxval.h).
A list of bit-field constants used with FT_ClassicKern_Validate
to indicate the classic kern dialect or dialects. If the selected type doesn't fit, FT_ClassicKern_Validate
regards the table as invalid.
values
FT_VALIDATE_MS |
Handle the ‘kern’ table as a classic Microsoft kern table.
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FT_VALIDATE_APPLE |
Handle the ‘kern’ table as a classic Apple kern table.
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FT_VALIDATE_CKERN |
Handle the ‘kern’ as either classic Apple or Microsoft kern table.
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