 pen_x + slot-&gt;bitmap_left,
                    pen_y - slot-&gt;bitmap_top );

    <span class="comment">/* increment pen position */</span>
    pen_x += slot-&gt;advance.x >> 6;
  }
      </div>

      <p>We have reduced the size of our code, but it does exactly the
      same thing:</p>

      <ul>
        <li>
          <p>We use the function <tt>FT_Load_Char</tt> instead of
          <tt>FT_Load_Glyph</tt>.  As you probably imagine, it is equivalent
          to calling <tt>FT_Get_Char_Index</tt> th