#include <ft2build.h>  
#include FT_FREETYPE_H

void handle_error(int error) {
  if (error) {
    printf("Error: %d\n", error);
    exit(1);
  }
}

int main(void) {
  FT_Library library; 
  FT_Face face;
  int glyph_index;

  handle_error(FT_Init_FreeType( &library ));
  handle_error(FT_New_Face(library, "Austin.ttf", 0, &face));
  handle_error(FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes( face,  0, 36 ));
  glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index( face, '@' );
  handle_error(FT_Load_Glyph(face, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_DEFAULT));
  handle_error(FT_Render_Glyph( face->glyph, FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL));
  {
    int pitch = face->glyph->bitmap.pitch;
    int rows = face->glyph->bitmap.rows;
    unsigned char *buffer = face->glyph->bitmap.buffer;
    int x, y;
    for (y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
      for (x = 0; x < pitch; x++) {
	unsigned char c = buffer[y * pitch + x];
	if (c > 192) printf("#");
	else if (c > 128) printf ("*");
	else if (c > 64) printf (".");
	else printf (" ");
	printf(" ");
      } 
      printf("\n");
    } 
  }
}

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