<div dir="ltr"><div>If it's just for examples, what about just creating a set of "well-known" font glyph outlines, stashing them "somewhere", and then using them as data in examples? Starting with the letters G,I,P,S,o,s and t ... (see here: <a href="https://github.com/dr-jts/pg_svg/blob/master/demo/geom/pg-function.sql">https://github.com/dr-jts/pg_svg/blob/master/demo/geom/pg-function.sql</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>I found that while using font outlines was nifty for some examples. it didn't work all that well for others. </div><div><br></div><div>My 2c is that having this as an extension to me seems like (a) overlay complicated and (b) of limited utility.</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 1:43 PM Paul Ramsey <<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> Also, if we are using it in doc examples and so on (my ulterior motive) having it be part of core means the examples will work out-of-the-box.<br>
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Also, I don't think more than one font is "necessary", like that's a serious YAGNI for the use that it'll be put to (easy examples).<br>
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