Re: abort in framework-ps.scm

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > >   . If we include a TrueType font as Type 42, it must contain a
> > >     /CharStrings dictionary which assigns glyph names to all
> > >     glyphs.  With other words, there are always glyph names.
> > >     Since lilypond builds the Type 42 by itself, it should
> > >     automatically have access to this data.
> > How do I get the Unicode codepoints for a TT glyph from freetype?
>
> Use FT_Select_Charmap(face, FT_ENCODING_UNICODE) to select a Unicode
> cmap, then loop over all input character codes with
> FT_Get_First_Char() and FT_Get_Next_Char().  Those two functions
> return the glyph index also.

Ah, yes, actually,  I already had this code. Doesn't freetype select 
UNICODE automatically? Also, should I reset the encoding after I'm done?

> > In pango-font.cc we only get a glyph index. Also, on windows there
> > are further problems with fonts being embedded in duplicate (blowing
> > up PDF file sizes) if we embed type42 fonts, which is why the
> > windows platform uses GS' loadfontfile routine by default.
>
> Duplicates?  I don't understand.


Me neither, on some machines a copy of the font is embedded for every 
century schoolbook glyph on the page

> > > . Accessing CID-keyed fonts (this is, fonts which come as PS
> > >   CIDfont resources, not wrapped as an OTF) is not supported yet,
> > >   right?  It
> > I guess not, we just make GS read the resource, and hope everything
> > works.
>
> The very problem is that a CIDfont resource is useless without a
> proper CMap resource.  FreeType doesn't (yet) support CMap resources
> -- does FontConfig do that?

don't know.


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