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1. "all text is output to libnr using livarot types, not using cairo"
Can you explain that in more detail? I'd like to know:
* what livarot types are. * how does livarot distinguish from cairo * does that mean we need to replace livarot? How to proceed?
2. "Getting text layout to use Cairo for output rather than libnr."
Can you show me where does that output reside in the code?
3. [09:51:42] <^-> [JucaBlues] so, I guess, we should have in the API a way to provide pango with the metrics specified on svgfonts xml attributes [09:52:03] <^-> [JucaBlues] i mean kerning and stuff like that [09:52:15] <cyreve> yeah which, now I think of it, is exactly what gail is looking at
"Finding a way to get the user font through Pango. One (ugly) possibility which comes to mind is to pretend to be sans-serif while going through Pango and then do a fudge afterwards. Gail asked to be a part of this discussion and she's more knowledgable than I am about cleaner approaches which could be taken here, so I've CCed her"
I'm still feeling completely lost
Juca