Libotf

Jul 20, 2023

Library for handling OpenType fonts

The library “libotf” provides the following facilites

o Read Open Type Layout Tables from OTF file.  Currently these
  tables are supported; head, name, cmap, GDEF, GSUB, and GPOS.

o Convert a Unicode character sequence to a glyph code sequence by
  using the above tables.

The combination of libotf and the FreeType library Ver. 2 realizes CTL complex text layout by OpenType fonts.



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