The shape of a character as rendered (e.g in a font)
Questions tagged [glyph]
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Java : how to get shape of character (not outline)
Is there any way to get the "shape" representing a character using Java.
I know about the getOutling() of the GlyphVector class. But it returns the outline of the character.
What I require is not the outline, but a single line shape depicting the…

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How can I wrap a glyphicon with twitter bootstrap?
How can I wrap a glyphicon and a word together so that the icon is centered over or under the word. For an example:
Photography…

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Android Issue displaying special characters
Im having an issue displaying special characters. I was told there was an error in the encoding. Im running the application on the test devices I have, and I mot getting this error. The person getting this error, is testing the app on the same…

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Is it possible to use glyph Designer with Xcode storyboards?
I was wondering if you could use Glyph Designer to create a cool font and then use it in an Xcode Storyboard. I know you can use it with cocos2d, but I want to use it in my TableViewCells and navigation bar because I don't like the default font.
If…

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cufon glyphs support
I have a problem with cufon and a few Turkish glyphs. This is the context:
I used the @font-face property to embed the custom font (Delicious-Roman) on a website. The client didn't like the fact that the font was the last one to load on each page…

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Draw chinese font glyphs with Quartz 2D?
I have to show Chinese characters with the function:
CG_EXTERN void CGContextShowGlyphsAtPoint(CGContextRef context, CGFloat x,
CGFloat y, const CGGlyph glyphs[], size_t count)
But it doesn't show accurately. The code I use is as follows:
CGFontRef…

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Glyph spacing in .ttf files
I want the PDF to store hindi characters. However, there is space between the characters. I want to eliminate this space.
The way I want it to appear: कम
The way it is appearing: क म
The kerning information is supposed to be specified in a either a…

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Change color of SVG in accordion control with wpf devexpress
I have an accordion control with svg's as button icon/glyph. It seems that visual studio/wpf or whatever would control the defaults the color to gray instead of svg's actual color. I am trying to change the color of the svg as well as the text…

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Echo shows wrong character (glyph)
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS and with GNOME Terminal 3.28.2 I type the following command:
echo -e "\u0928\u094d\u0928"
The output should consist in two Devengari glyphs (ligature): न्न . Instead, what I got is a composition of three glyphs,…

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How to make glyph bold using freetype library?
I have been working with glyph, I know to make some font bold you have to load bold version of that Font. But What i want to achieve is make regular font bolded using free type. I have achieved the italic style using FT_TRANSFORM now i want to make…

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Uniscribe and Text Outlines
Can I use the output from ScriptShape/ScriptItemize in Uniscribe to get the char codes and pass the char codes to GetGlyphOutline to get the beziers?
Does Uniscribe have a call to get the outlines directly?

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Glyphs Indices and UnicodeString properties cannot both be empty
My team occasionally receives automated exception reports with a message of "Glyphs Indices and UnicodeString properties cannot both be empty." from our .NET WPF 3.5 application that we've deployed internally.
Given the information returned in the…

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having difficulty to understand this while loop?
I have difficulty understanding this while loop:
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How can I ensure a Unicode character is displayed correctly at all times?
For instance, the below will sometime appear as a square and a letter u, respectively. How can I avoid inconsistencies?
content: "\E07A"; // Shopping cart icon
content: "\1F50E"; // Search icon
By inconsistencies I mean displaying inconsistently on…

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Unicode Rendering Issue on My Specific OS
I wrote the following code to generate Unicode symbols for card suits in C. I don't need to change the font family or the code page of the console (I use Windows 10 and Dev-C++) but it seems that I can generate only those symbols.
For instance, if I…

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