Have anyone tried out FreeType 2.10 version with color-layered outline glyphs?

[bsviglo]

Sorry that I'm not following the issue guideline but I'd rather want to emphasize that using color glyphs may significantly improve overall look of the dear imgui UI.

https://www.freetype.org/

FreeType 2.10.0
2019-03-15
This release brings one notable feature, namely support for color-layered outline glyphs (for example, scalable emoji glyphs). Additionally, the API reference has been completely overhauled and modernized, as already announced...

[ocornut]

I haven't looked into this specifically, but need to mention that with some effort it is possible to use the AddCustomRectFontGlyph() / GetCustomRectByIndex() API to register rectangles into the atlas and blit custom graphics data mapped to characters. This is being used by some teams to use colorful icons.

I agree that wiring the necessary changes to allow using colored glyphs more naturally would be useful.

[ocornut]

Browsing old issue I found this which is now resolved by #3369 and the ImGuiFreeTypeBuilderFlags_LoadColor flag. Closing as solved.