glyph lsb and rsb about opentype.js HOT 3 CLOSED

Closing this old issue. You can use Glyph.leftSideBearing for lsb and Glyph.getMetrics() for getting the rightSideBearing

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I agree – I think the Glyph needs to be augmented with all its properties. (I've added the unicode(s) and name properties recently)

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I'm currently using opentype.js for a bit of a proof of concept prototype for a new table (I have no idea how much it makes sense, but I need something opentype can't do, so new table it is =D) that depends on getting a glyph's positional coordinates and dimensions in a string - couldn't find a way to do that through the pathing functions for full strings, so I'm cheating and rendering individual glyphs, then aligning them based on xMax/xMix, which almost works. the lsb/rbs values would definitely help in at least aligning the glyphs -- although it wouldn't be kerned properly of course. So I guess another route might be: would it make sense to create a new function that doesn't so much render the vector outlines when you pass in a string, but generates an array of glyphs with their positional information? Like "water" -> glyph(w) extended with {x:0, y:0}, glyph(a) extended with {x: 22, y:0}, etc. ?

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