Re: [h-e-w] Re: Unable to use Terminus bdf font under ntemacs 23

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:14:07 +0100
> From: "Phil Betts" <address@hidden>
> 
> This is purely a guess, but it looks like a native Windows function
> is being called to display a string of characters, and that function 
> doesn't understand BDF fonts.

Jason should have the definitive opinion, but AFAIK the Windows port
includes full support for BDF fonts.  You can clearly see it in the
sources.

> This may also explain why using ClearType and/or italics can cause
> fragments of characters to be left behind if they are being drawn 
> using a Windows function, then erased by an internal function with a
> slightly different idea of the rendered glyph's size/position.

You will see in etc/PROBLEMS that the reason is different: Windows
lies about the metrics of some fonts when ClearType is in effect.