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Rasterize TrueType Symbol Character Data

I have character data from the glyf table in a TrueType font file.
This data is presented as a block of decimal numbers.

Example: 'a' character in Calibri 11pt (glyph index 258)

0209225523736332020510640176643215663166476631192352121217752161317752241117752161516176521841247641403939150112016151770581842552401791217758184255232179131775818425523217911177581842552321801516176581842864201723197052165225919252105215252466542184127641520834134344292344674612201277404763237632371857479323717185747931139493237147225434343431964394935747162254343434350574948949337206635343838535366353446253526225151535246235341423534462535262451503022173534142212022515054553631628272631145914581711158145621161681051242249785761977349128129472766861025297136843816414168100663189806511161241212661212906370377010265761127437705280532729352981625152529263529194485126841962345634170836668

What are the possibilities of drawing this symbol on the screen?

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Short answer: do not do it yourself. Use a font rendering library such as freetype , or if you are on a platform that already has a font renderer, use this. There are also a number of commercial rendering libraries available.

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