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# Glyph Layer Management

## Synopsis

The functions described here allow access of colored glyph layer data in OpenType's ‘COLR’ tables.

Note that FreeType does not provide rendering in general of glyphs that use a ‘COLR’ table! While FreeType has very limited rendering support for ‘COLR’ v0 tables (without a possibility to change the color palette) via `FT_Render_Glyph`, there is no such convenience code for ‘COLR’ v1 tables – while it appears that v1 is simply an ‘improved’ version of v0, this is not the case: it is a completely different color font format, and you need a dedicated graphics library like Skia or Cairo to handle a v1 table's drawing commands.

## FT_LayerIterator

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_LayerIterator_
      {
        FT_UInt   num_layers;
        FT_UInt   layer;
        FT_Byte*  p;

      } FT_LayerIterator;

This iterator object is needed for `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer`.

#### fields

num_layers | The number of glyph layers for the requested glyph index. Will be set by `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer`.
layer | The current layer. Will be set by `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer`.
p | An opaque pointer into ‘COLR’ table data. The caller must set this to `NULL` before the first call of `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer`.

## FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer( FT_Face            face,
                                FT_UInt            base_glyph,
                                FT_UInt           *aglyph_index,
                                FT_UInt           *acolor_index,
                                FT_LayerIterator*  iterator );

This is an interface to the ‘COLR’ table in OpenType fonts to iteratively retrieve the colored glyph layers associated with the current glyph slot.

https://learn.microsoft.com/typography/opentype/spec/colr

The glyph layer data for a given glyph index, if present, provides an alternative, multi-color glyph representation: Instead of rendering the outline or bitmap with the given glyph index, glyphs with the indices and colors returned by this function are rendered layer by layer.

The returned elements are ordered in the z direction from bottom to top; the 'n'th element should be rendered with the associated palette color and blended on top of the already rendered layers (elements 0, 1, …, n-1).

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.
base_glyph | The glyph index the colored glyph layers are associated with.

#### inout

iterator | An `FT_LayerIterator` object. For the first call you should set `iterator->p` to `NULL`. For all following calls, simply use the same object again.

#### output

aglyph_index | The glyph index of the current layer.
acolor_index | The color index into the font face's color palette of the current layer. The value 0xFFFF is special; it doesn't reference a palette entry but indicates that the text foreground color should be used instead (to be set up by the application outside of FreeType). The color palette can be retrieved with `FT_Palette_Select`.

#### return

Value 1 if everything is OK. If there are no more layers (or if there are no layers at all), value 0 gets returned. In case of an error, value 0 is returned also.

#### note

This function is necessary if you want to handle glyph layers by yourself. In particular, functions that operate with `FT_GlyphRec` objects (like `FT_Get_Glyph` or `FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap`) don't have access to this information.

Note that `FT_Render_Glyph` is able to handle colored glyph layers automatically if the `FT_LOAD_COLOR` flag is passed to a previous call to `FT_Load_Glyph`. [This is an experimental feature.]

#### example

      FT_Color*         palette;
      FT_LayerIterator  iterator;

      FT_Bool  have_layers;
      FT_UInt  layer_glyph_index;
      FT_UInt  layer_color_index;

      error = FT_Palette_Select( face, palette_index, &palette );
      if ( error )
        palette = NULL;

      iterator.p  = NULL;
      have_layers = FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer( face,
                                              glyph_index,
                                              &layer_glyph_index,
                                              &layer_color_index,
                                              &iterator );

      if ( palette && have_layers )
      {
        do
        {
          FT_Color  layer_color;

          if ( layer_color_index == 0xFFFF )
            layer_color = text_foreground_color;
          else
            layer_color = palette[layer_color_index];

          // Load and render glyph `layer_glyph_index', then
          // blend resulting pixmap (using color `layer_color')
          // with previously created pixmaps.

        } while ( FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer( face,
                                            glyph_index,
                                            &layer_glyph_index,
                                            &layer_color_index,
                                            &iterator ) );
      }

#### since

2.10

## FT_PaintFormat

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef enum  FT_PaintFormat_
      {
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_COLR_LAYERS     = 1,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_SOLID           = 2,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_LINEAR_GRADIENT = 4,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_RADIAL_GRADIENT = 6,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_SWEEP_GRADIENT  = 8,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_GLYPH           = 10,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_COLR_GLYPH      = 11,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_TRANSFORM       = 12,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_TRANSLATE       = 14,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_SCALE           = 16,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_ROTATE          = 24,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_SKEW            = 28,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_COMPOSITE       = 32,
        FT_COLR_PAINT_FORMAT_MAX            = 33,
        FT_COLR_PAINTFORMAT_UNSUPPORTED     = 255

      } FT_PaintFormat;

Enumeration describing the different paint format types of the v1 extensions to the ‘COLR’ table, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’.

The enumeration values loosely correspond with the format numbers of the specification: FreeType always returns a fully specified ‘Paint’ structure for the ‘Transform’, ‘Translate’, ‘Scale’, ‘Rotate’, and ‘Skew’ table types even though the specification has different formats depending on whether or not a center is specified, whether the scale is uniform in x and y direction or not, etc. Also, only non-variable format identifiers are listed in this enumeration; as soon as support for variable ‘COLR’ v1 fonts is implemented, interpolation is performed dependent on axis coordinates, which are configured on the `FT_Face` through `FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates`. This implies that always static, readily interpolated values are returned in the ‘Paint’ structures.

#### since

2.13

## FT_ColorStopIterator

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_ColorStopIterator_
      {
        FT_UInt  num_color_stops;
        FT_UInt  current_color_stop;

        FT_Byte*  p;

        FT_Bool  read_variable;

      } FT_ColorStopIterator;

This iterator object is needed for `FT_Get_Colorline_Stops`. It keeps state while iterating over the stops of an `FT_ColorLine`, representing the `ColorLine` struct of the v1 extensions to ‘COLR’, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. Do not manually modify fields of this iterator.

#### fields

num_color_stops | The number of color stops for the requested glyph index. Set by `FT_Get_Paint`.
current_color_stop | The current color stop. Set by `FT_Get_Colorline_Stops`.
p | An opaque pointer into ‘COLR’ table data. Set by `FT_Get_Paint`. Updated by `FT_Get_Colorline_Stops`.
read_variable | A boolean keeping track of whether variable color lines are to be read. Set by `FT_Get_Paint`.

#### since

2.13

## FT_ColorIndex

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_ColorIndex_
      {
        FT_UInt16   palette_index;
        FT_F2Dot14  alpha;

      } FT_ColorIndex;

A structure representing a `ColorIndex` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’.

#### fields

palette_index | The palette index into a ‘CPAL’ palette.
alpha | Alpha transparency value multiplied with the value from ‘CPAL’.

#### since

2.13

## FT_ColorStop

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_ColorStop_
      {
        FT_Fixed       stop_offset;
        FT_ColorIndex  color;

      } FT_ColorStop;

A structure representing a `ColorStop` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’.

#### fields

stop_offset | The stop offset along the gradient, expressed as a 16.16 fixed-point coordinate.
color | The color information for this stop, see `FT_ColorIndex`.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintExtend

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef enum  FT_PaintExtend_
      {
        FT_COLR_PAINT_EXTEND_PAD     = 0,
        FT_COLR_PAINT_EXTEND_REPEAT  = 1,
        FT_COLR_PAINT_EXTEND_REFLECT = 2

      } FT_PaintExtend;

An enumeration representing the ‘Extend’ mode of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. It describes how the gradient fill continues at the other boundaries.

#### since

2.13

## FT_ColorLine

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_ColorLine_
      {
        FT_PaintExtend        extend;
        FT_ColorStopIterator  color_stop_iterator;

      } FT_ColorLine;

A structure representing a `ColorLine` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. It describes a list of color stops along the defined gradient.

#### fields

extend | The extend mode at the outer boundaries, see `FT_PaintExtend`.
color_stop_iterator | The `FT_ColorStopIterator` used to enumerate and retrieve the actual `FT_ColorStop`'s.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Affine23

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_Affine_23_
      {
        FT_Fixed  xx, xy, dx;
        FT_Fixed  yx, yy, dy;

      } FT_Affine23;

A structure used to store a 2x3 matrix. Coefficients are in 16.16 fixed-point format. The computation performed is

      x' = x*xx + y*xy + dx
      y' = x*yx + y*yy + dy

#### fields

xx | Matrix coefficient.
xy | Matrix coefficient.
dx | x translation.
yx | Matrix coefficient.
yy | Matrix coefficient.
dy | y translation.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Composite_Mode

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef enum  FT_Composite_Mode_
      {
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_CLEAR          = 0,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC            = 1,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DEST           = 2,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC_OVER       = 3,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DEST_OVER      = 4,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC_IN         = 5,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DEST_IN        = 6,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC_OUT        = 7,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DEST_OUT       = 8,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC_ATOP       = 9,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DEST_ATOP      = 10,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_XOR            = 11,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_PLUS           = 12,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SCREEN         = 13,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_OVERLAY        = 14,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DARKEN         = 15,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_LIGHTEN        = 16,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_COLOR_DODGE    = 17,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_COLOR_BURN     = 18,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_HARD_LIGHT     = 19,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SOFT_LIGHT     = 20,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_DIFFERENCE     = 21,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_EXCLUSION      = 22,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_MULTIPLY       = 23,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_HSL_HUE        = 24,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_HSL_SATURATION = 25,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_HSL_COLOR      = 26,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_HSL_LUMINOSITY = 27,
        FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_MAX            = 28

      } FT_Composite_Mode;

An enumeration listing the ‘COLR’ v1 composite modes used in `FT_PaintComposite`. For more details on each paint mode, see ‘https://www.w3.org/TR/compositing-1/#porterduffcompositingoperators’.

#### since

2.13

## FT_OpaquePaint

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_Opaque_Paint_
      {
        FT_Byte*  p;
        FT_Bool   insert_root_transform;
      } FT_OpaquePaint;

A structure representing an offset to a `Paint` value stored in any of the paint tables of a ‘COLR’ v1 font. Compare Offset<24> there. When ‘COLR’ v1 paint tables represented by FreeType objects such as `FT_PaintColrLayers`, `FT_PaintComposite`, or `FT_PaintTransform` reference downstream nested paint tables, we do not immediately retrieve them but encapsulate their location in this type. Use `FT_Get_Paint` to retrieve the actual `FT_COLR_Paint` object that describes the details of the respective paint table.

#### fields

p | An internal offset to a Paint table, needs to be set to NULL before passing this struct as an argument to `FT_Get_Paint`.
insert_root_transform | An internal boolean to track whether an initial root transform is to be provided. Do not set this value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintColrLayers

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintColrLayers_
      {
        FT_LayerIterator  layer_iterator;

      } FT_PaintColrLayers;

A structure representing a `PaintColrLayers` table of a ‘COLR’ v1 font. This table describes a set of layers that are to be composited with composite mode `FT_COLR_COMPOSITE_SRC_OVER`. The return value of this function is an `FT_LayerIterator` initialized so that it can be used with `FT_Get_Paint_Layers` to retrieve the `FT_OpaquePaint` objects as references to each layer.

#### fields

layer_iterator | The layer iterator that describes the layers of this paint.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintSolid

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintSolid_
      {
        FT_ColorIndex  color;

      } FT_PaintSolid;

A structure representing a `PaintSolid` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. Using a `PaintSolid` value means that the glyph layer filled with this paint is solid-colored and does not contain a gradient.

#### fields

color | The color information for this solid paint, see `FT_ColorIndex`.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintLinearGradient

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintLinearGradient_
      {
        FT_ColorLine  colorline;

        /* TODO: Potentially expose those as x0, y0 etc. */
        FT_Vector  p0;
        FT_Vector  p1;
        FT_Vector  p2;

      } FT_PaintLinearGradient;

A structure representing a `PaintLinearGradient` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. The glyph layer filled with this paint is drawn filled with a linear gradient.

#### fields

colorline | The `FT_ColorLine` information for this paint, i.e., the list of color stops along the gradient.
p0 | The starting point of the gradient definition in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point `FT_Vector`.
p1 | The end point of the gradient definition in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point `FT_Vector`.
p2 | Optional point p2 to rotate the gradient in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point `FT_Vector`. Otherwise equal to p0.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintRadialGradient

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintRadialGradient_
      {
        FT_ColorLine  colorline;

        FT_Vector  c0;
        FT_Pos     r0;
        FT_Vector  c1;
        FT_Pos     r1;

      } FT_PaintRadialGradient;

A structure representing a `PaintRadialGradient` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. The glyph layer filled with this paint is drawn filled with a radial gradient.

#### fields

colorline | The `FT_ColorLine` information for this paint, i.e., the list of color stops along the gradient.
c0 | The center of the starting point of the radial gradient in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point `FT_Vector`.
r0 | The radius of the starting circle of the radial gradient in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
c1 | The center of the end point of the radial gradient in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point `FT_Vector`.
r1 | The radius of the end circle of the radial gradient in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintSweepGradient

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintSweepGradient_
      {
        FT_ColorLine  colorline;

        FT_Vector  center;
        FT_Fixed   start_angle;
        FT_Fixed   end_angle;

      } FT_PaintSweepGradient;

A structure representing a `PaintSweepGradient` value of the ‘COLR’ v1 extensions, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. The glyph layer filled with this paint is drawn filled with a sweep gradient from `start_angle` to `end_angle`.

#### fields

colorline | The `FT_ColorLine` information for this paint, i.e., the list of color stops along the gradient.
center | The center of the sweep gradient in font units represented as a vector of 16.16 fixed-point values.
start_angle | The start angle of the sweep gradient in 16.16 fixed-point format specifying degrees divided by 180.0 (as in the spec). Multiply by 180.0f to receive degrees value. Values are given counter-clockwise, starting from the (positive) y axis.
end_angle | The end angle of the sweep gradient in 16.16 fixed-point format specifying degrees divided by 180.0 (as in the spec). Multiply by 180.0f to receive degrees value. Values are given counter-clockwise, starting from the (positive) y axis.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintGlyph

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintGlyph_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;
        FT_UInt         glyphID;

      } FT_PaintGlyph;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintGlyph` paint table.

#### fields

paint | An opaque paint object pointing to a `Paint` table that serves as the fill for the glyph ID.
glyphID | The glyph ID from the ‘glyf’ table, which serves as the contour information that is filled with paint.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintColrGlyph

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintColrGlyph_
      {
        FT_UInt  glyphID;

      } FT_PaintColrGlyph;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintColorGlyph` paint table.

#### fields

glyphID | The glyph ID from the `BaseGlyphV1List` table that is drawn for this paint.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintTransform

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintTransform_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;
        FT_Affine23     affine;

      } FT_PaintTransform;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintTransform` paint table.

#### fields

paint | An opaque paint that is subject to being transformed.
affine | A 2x3 transformation matrix in `FT_Affine23` format containing 16.16 fixed-point values.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintTranslate

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintTranslate_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;

        FT_Fixed  dx;
        FT_Fixed  dy;

      } FT_PaintTranslate;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintTranslate` paint table. Used for translating downstream paints by a given x and y delta.

#### fields

paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the paint that is to be rotated.
dx | Translation in x direction in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
dy | Translation in y direction in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintScale

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintScale_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;

        FT_Fixed  scale_x;
        FT_Fixed  scale_y;

        FT_Fixed  center_x;
        FT_Fixed  center_y;

      } FT_PaintScale;

A structure representing all of the ‘COLR’ v1 ‘PaintScale*’ paint tables. Used for scaling downstream paints by a given x and y scale, with a given center. This structure is used for all ‘PaintScale*’ types that are part of specification; fields of this structure are filled accordingly. If there is a center, the center values are set, otherwise they are set to the zero coordinate. If the source font file has ‘PaintScaleUniform*’ set, the scale values are set accordingly to the same value.

#### fields

paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the paint that is to be scaled.
scale_x | Scale factor in x direction represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
scale_y | Scale factor in y direction represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
center_x | x coordinate of center point to scale from represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
center_y | y coordinate of center point to scale from represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintRotate

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintRotate_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;

        FT_Fixed  angle;

        FT_Fixed  center_x;
        FT_Fixed  center_y;

      } FT_PaintRotate;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintRotate` paint table. Used for rotating downstream paints with a given center and angle.

#### fields

paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the paint that is to be rotated.
angle | The rotation angle that is to be applied in degrees divided by 180.0 (as in the spec) represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value. Multiply by 180.0f to receive degrees value.
center_x | The x coordinate of the pivot point of the rotation in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
center_y | The y coordinate of the pivot point of the rotation in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintSkew

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintSkew_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint  paint;

        FT_Fixed  x_skew_angle;
        FT_Fixed  y_skew_angle;

        FT_Fixed  center_x;
        FT_Fixed  center_y;

      } FT_PaintSkew;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintSkew` paint table. Used for skewing or shearing downstream paints by a given center and angle.

#### fields

paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the paint that is to be skewed.
x_skew_angle | The skewing angle in x direction in degrees divided by 180.0 (as in the spec) represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value. Multiply by 180.0f to receive degrees.
y_skew_angle | The skewing angle in y direction in degrees divided by 180.0 (as in the spec) represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value. Multiply by 180.0f to receive degrees.
center_x | The x coordinate of the pivot point of the skew in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.
center_y | The y coordinate of the pivot point of the skew in font units represented as a 16.16 fixed-point value.

#### since

2.13

## FT_PaintComposite

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_PaintComposite_
      {
        FT_OpaquePaint     source_paint;
        FT_Composite_Mode  composite_mode;
        FT_OpaquePaint     backdrop_paint;

      } FT_PaintComposite;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 `PaintComposite` paint table. Used for compositing two paints in a ‘COLR’ v1 directed acyclic graph.

#### fields

source_paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the source that is to be composited.
composite_mode | An `FT_Composite_Mode` enum value determining the composition operation.
backdrop_paint | An `FT_OpaquePaint` object referencing the backdrop paint that `source_paint` is composited onto.

#### since

2.13

## FT_COLR_Paint

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_COLR_Paint_
      {
        FT_PaintFormat format;

        union
        {
          FT_PaintColrLayers      colr_layers;
          FT_PaintGlyph           glyph;
          FT_PaintSolid           solid;
          FT_PaintLinearGradient  linear_gradient;
          FT_PaintRadialGradient  radial_gradient;
          FT_PaintSweepGradient   sweep_gradient;
          FT_PaintTransform       transform;
          FT_PaintTranslate       translate;
          FT_PaintScale           scale;
          FT_PaintRotate          rotate;
          FT_PaintSkew            skew;
          FT_PaintComposite       composite;
          FT_PaintColrGlyph       colr_glyph;

        } u;

      } FT_COLR_Paint;

A union object representing format and details of a paint table of a ‘COLR’ v1 font, see ‘https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec’. Use `FT_Get_Paint` to retrieve a `FT_COLR_Paint` for an `FT_OpaquePaint` object.

#### fields

format | The gradient format for this Paint structure.
u | Union of all paint table types: `FT_PaintColrLayers` * `FT_PaintGlyph` * `FT_PaintSolid` * `FT_PaintLinearGradient` * `FT_PaintRadialGradient` * `FT_PaintSweepGradient` * `FT_PaintTransform` * `FT_PaintTranslate` * `FT_PaintRotate` * `FT_PaintSkew` * `FT_PaintComposite` * `FT_PaintColrGlyph`

#### since

2.13

## FT_Color_Root_Transform

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef enum  FT_Color_Root_Transform_
      {
        FT_COLOR_INCLUDE_ROOT_TRANSFORM,
        FT_COLOR_NO_ROOT_TRANSFORM,

        FT_COLOR_ROOT_TRANSFORM_MAX

      } FT_Color_Root_Transform;

An enumeration to specify whether `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Paint` is to return a root transform to configure the client's graphics context matrix.

#### values

FT_COLOR_INCLUDE_ROOT_TRANSFORM | Do include the root transform as the initial `FT_COLR_Paint` object.
FT_COLOR_NO_ROOT_TRANSFORM | Do not output an initial root transform.

#### since

2.13

## FT_ClipBox

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      typedef struct  FT_ClipBox_
      {
        FT_Vector  bottom_left;
        FT_Vector  top_left;
        FT_Vector  top_right;
        FT_Vector  bottom_right;

      } FT_ClipBox;

A structure representing a ‘COLR’ v1 ‘ClipBox’ table. ‘COLR’ v1 glyphs may optionally define a clip box for aiding allocation or defining a maximum drawable region. Use `FT_Get_Color_Glyph_ClipBox` to retrieve it.

#### fields

bottom_left | The bottom left corner of the clip box as an `FT_Vector` with fixed-point coordinates in 26.6 format.
top_left | The top left corner of the clip box as an `FT_Vector` with fixed-point coordinates in 26.6 format.
top_right | The top right corner of the clip box as an `FT_Vector` with fixed-point coordinates in 26.6 format.
bottom_right | The bottom right corner of the clip box as an `FT_Vector` with fixed-point coordinates in 26.6 format.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Paint

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Paint( FT_Face                  face,
                                FT_UInt                  base_glyph,
                                FT_Color_Root_Transform  root_transform,
                                FT_OpaquePaint*          paint );

This is the starting point and interface to color gradient information in a ‘COLR’ v1 table in OpenType fonts to recursively retrieve the paint tables for the directed acyclic graph of a colored glyph, given a glyph ID.

https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec

In a ‘COLR’ v1 font, each color glyph defines a directed acyclic graph of nested paint tables, such as `PaintGlyph`, `PaintSolid`, `PaintLinearGradient`, `PaintRadialGradient`, and so on. Using this function and specifying a glyph ID, one retrieves the root paint table for this glyph ID.

This function allows control whether an initial root transform is returned to configure scaling, transform, and translation correctly on the client's graphics context. The initial root transform is computed and returned according to the values configured for `FT_Size` and `FT_Set_Transform` on the `FT_Face` object, see below for details of the `root_transform` parameter. This has implications for a client ‘COLR’ v1 implementation: When this function returns an initially computed root transform, at the time of executing the `FT_PaintGlyph` operation, the contours should be retrieved using `FT_Load_Glyph` at unscaled, untransformed size. This is because the root transform applied to the graphics context will take care of correct scaling.

Alternatively, to allow hinting of contours, at the time of executing `FT_Load_Glyph`, the current graphics context transformation matrix can be decomposed into a scaling matrix and a remainder, and `FT_Load_Glyph` can be used to retrieve the contours at scaled size. Care must then be taken to blit or clip to the graphics context with taking this remainder transformation into account.

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.
base_glyph | The glyph index for which to retrieve the root paint table.
root_transform | Specifies whether an initially computed root is returned by the `FT_PaintTransform` operation to account for the activated size (see `FT_Activate_Size`) and the configured transform and translate (see `FT_Set_Transform`). This root transform is returned before nodes of the glyph graph of the font are returned. Subsequent `FT_COLR_Paint` structures contain unscaled and untransformed values. The inserted root transform enables the client application to apply an initial transform to its graphics context. When executing subsequent FT_COLR_Paint operations, values from `FT_COLR_Paint` operations will ultimately be correctly scaled because of the root transform applied to the graphics context. Use `FT_COLOR_INCLUDE_ROOT_TRANSFORM` to include the root transform, use `FT_COLOR_NO_ROOT_TRANSFORM` to not include it. The latter may be useful when traversing the ‘COLR’ v1 glyph graph and reaching a `FT_PaintColrGlyph`. When recursing into `FT_PaintColrGlyph` and painting that inline, no additional root transform is needed as it has already been applied to the graphics context at the beginning of drawing this glyph.

#### output

paint | The `FT_OpaquePaint` object that references the actual paint table. The respective actual `FT_COLR_Paint` object is retrieved via `FT_Get_Paint`.

#### return

Value 1 if everything is OK. If no color glyph is found, or the root paint could not be retrieved, value 0 gets returned. In case of an error, value 0 is returned also.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Get_Color_Glyph_ClipBox

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Color_Glyph_ClipBox( FT_Face      face,
                                  FT_UInt      base_glyph,
                                  FT_ClipBox*  clip_box );

Search for a ‘COLR’ v1 clip box for the specified `base_glyph` and fill the `clip_box` parameter with the ‘COLR’ v1 ‘ClipBox’ information if one is found.

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.
base_glyph | The glyph index for which to retrieve the clip box.

#### output

clip_box | The clip box for the requested `base_glyph` if one is found. The clip box is computed taking scale and transformations configured on the `FT_Face` into account. `FT_ClipBox` contains `FT_Vector` values in 26.6 format.

#### return

Value 1 if a clip box is found. If no clip box is found or an error occurred, value 0 is returned.

#### note

To retrieve the clip box in font units, reset scale to units-per-em and remove transforms configured using `FT_Set_Transform`.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Get_Paint_Layers

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Paint_Layers( FT_Face            face,
                           FT_LayerIterator*  iterator,
                           FT_OpaquePaint*    paint );

Access the layers of a `PaintColrLayers` table.

If the root paint of a color glyph, or a nested paint of a ‘COLR’ glyph is a `PaintColrLayers` table, this function retrieves the layers of the `PaintColrLayers` table.

The `FT_PaintColrLayers` object contains an `FT_LayerIterator`, which is used here to iterate over the layers. Each layer is returned as an `FT_OpaquePaint` object, which then can be used with `FT_Get_Paint` to retrieve the actual paint object.

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.

#### inout

iterator | The `FT_LayerIterator` from an `FT_PaintColrLayers` object, for which the layers are to be retrieved. The internal state of the iterator is incremented after one call to this function for retrieving one layer.

#### output

paint | The `FT_OpaquePaint` object that references the actual paint table. The respective actual `FT_COLR_Paint` object is retrieved via `FT_Get_Paint`.

#### return

Value 1 if everything is OK. Value 0 gets returned when the paint object can not be retrieved or any other error occurs.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Get_Colorline_Stops

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Colorline_Stops( FT_Face                face,
                              FT_ColorStop*          color_stop,
                              FT_ColorStopIterator*  iterator );

This is an interface to color gradient information in a ‘COLR’ v1 table in OpenType fonts to iteratively retrieve the gradient and solid fill information for colored glyph layers for a specified glyph ID.

https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.

#### inout

iterator | The retrieved `FT_ColorStopIterator`, configured on an `FT_ColorLine`, which in turn got retrieved via paint information in `FT_PaintLinearGradient` or `FT_PaintRadialGradient`.

#### output

color_stop | Color index and alpha value for the retrieved color stop.

#### return

Value 1 if everything is OK. If there are no more color stops, value 0 gets returned. In case of an error, value 0 is returned also.

#### since

2.13

## FT_Get_Paint

Defined in FT_COLOR_H (freetype/ftcolor.h).

      FT_EXPORT( FT_Bool )
      FT_Get_Paint( FT_Face         face,
                    FT_OpaquePaint  opaque_paint,
                    FT_COLR_Paint*  paint );

Access the details of a paint using an `FT_OpaquePaint` opaque paint object, which internally stores the offset to the respective `Paint` object in the ‘COLR’ table.

#### input

face | A handle to the parent face object.
opaque_paint | The opaque paint object for which the underlying `FT_COLR_Paint` data is to be retrieved.

#### output

paint | The specific `FT_COLR_Paint` object containing information coming from one of the font's `Paint*` tables.

#### return

Value 1 if everything is OK. Value 0 if no details can be found for this paint or any other error occurred.

#### since

2.13