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-rw-r--r--include/freetype/freetype.h24
-rw-r--r--src/base/ftobjs.c5
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/freetype/freetype.h b/include/freetype/freetype.h
index d3ea3f0b9..cb31c3cd7 100644
--- a/include/freetype/freetype.h
+++ b/include/freetype/freetype.h
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
* size.
*
* @note:
- * An @FT_Face has one _active_ @FT_Size object that is used by functions
- * like @FT_Load_Glyph to determine the scaling transformation that in
- * turn is used to load and hint glyphs and metrics.
+ * An @FT_Face has one _active_ `FT_Size` object that is used by
+ * functions like @FT_Load_Glyph to determine the scaling transformation
+ * that in turn is used to load and hint glyphs and metrics.
*
* You can use @FT_Set_Char_Size, @FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes, @FT_Request_Size
* or even @FT_Select_Size to change the content (i.e., the scaling
- * values) of the active @FT_Size.
+ * values) of the active `FT_Size`.
*
* You can use @FT_New_Size to create additional size objects for a given
* @FT_Face, but they won't be used by other functions until you activate
@@ -2702,8 +2702,8 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
* 'https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/glyphs/glyphs-2.html'.
*
* Contrary to @FT_Set_Char_Size, this function doesn't have special code
- * to normalize zero-valued widths, heights, or resolutions (which lead
- * to errors in most cases).
+ * to normalize zero-valued widths, heights, or resolutions, which are
+ * treated as @FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE.
*
* Don't use this function if you are using the FreeType cache API.
*/
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
*
* load_flags ::
* A flag indicating what to load for this glyph. The @FT_LOAD_XXX
- * constants can be used to control the glyph loading process (e.g.,
+ * flags can be used to control the glyph loading process (e.g.,
* whether the outline should be scaled, whether to load bitmaps or
* not, whether to hint the outline, etc).
*
@@ -2827,6 +2827,9 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
* FreeType error code. 0~means success.
*
* @note:
+ * For proper scaling and hinting, the active @FT_Size object owned by
+ * the face has to be meaningfully non-trivially initialized by
+ * calling @FT_Set_Char_Size before this function, for example.
* The loaded glyph may be transformed. See @FT_Set_Transform for the
* details.
*
@@ -2918,6 +2921,8 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
*
* FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE ::
* Don't scale the loaded outline glyph but keep it in font units.
+ * This flag is also assumed if @FT_Size owned by the face was not
+ * properly initialized.
*
* This flag implies @FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING and @FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP, and
* unsets @FT_LOAD_RENDER.
@@ -3410,7 +3415,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
* @FT_Render_Mode for a list of possible values.
*
* If @FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL is used, a previous call of @FT_Load_Glyph
- * with flag @FT_LOAD_COLOR makes FT_Render_Glyph provide a default
+ * with flag @FT_LOAD_COLOR makes `FT_Render_Glyph` provide a default
* blending of colored glyph layers associated with the current glyph
* slot (provided the font contains such layers) instead of rendering
* the glyph slot's outline. This is an experimental feature; see
@@ -3420,9 +3425,6 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
* FreeType error code. 0~means success.
*
* @note:
- * To get meaningful results, font scaling values must be set with
- * functions like @FT_Set_Char_Size before calling `FT_Render_Glyph`.
- *
* When FreeType outputs a bitmap of a glyph, it really outputs an alpha
* coverage map. If a pixel is completely covered by a filled-in
* outline, the bitmap contains 0xFF at that pixel, meaning that
diff --git a/src/base/ftobjs.c b/src/base/ftobjs.c
index 18de2f7d4..4f5e7d439 100644
--- a/src/base/ftobjs.c
+++ b/src/base/ftobjs.c
@@ -858,6 +858,11 @@
library = driver->root.library;
hinter = library->auto_hinter;
+ /* undefined scale means no scale */
+ if ( face->size->metrics.x_ppem == 0 ||
+ face->size->metrics.y_ppem == 0 )
+ load_flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE;
+
/* resolve load flags dependencies */
if ( load_flags & FT_LOAD_NO_RECURSE )