slot-&gt;advance.x >> 6;
    pen_y += slot-&gt;advance.y >> 6; <span class="comment">/* not useful for now */</span>
  }
      </div>

      <p>This code needs a few explanations:</p>

      <ul>
        <li>
          <p>We define a handle named <tt>slot</tt> that points to the
          face object's glyph slot.  (The type <tt>FT_GlyphSlot</tt> is
          a pointer).  That is a convenience to avoid using
          <tt>face-&gt;glyph-&gt;XXX</tt> every time.</p>
        </li>

        <li>
          <p>W