 can also use any
        colour, fill pattern or fill image if you want to.  This process is
        called <em>direct rendering</em>.

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    FT_Raster_Params  params;
    FT_Outline        outline;


    ... load vectorial glyph in &lsquo;outline&rsquo; ...

    params.flags      = FT_RASTER_FLAG_AA | FT_RASTER_FLAG_DIRECT;
    params.gray_spans = (FT_Raster_Span_Func)your_own_span_function;
    params.user       = your_own_data_pointer;

    error = FT_Outline_Rend