Re: [Devel] Telling font types from an FT_Face?

[jonathan . foster]

Hi,

Forgot to add:

There are at least two types of PFR fonts.  FreeType only supports
"PFR0" fonts.  There is another format, "PFR1", also known as "compressed
PFRs", that (AFAIK) is undocumented & proprietary.  The first 4 bytes
in a PFR font file are the string "PFR0" or "PFR1", to identify the type.

Kind regards,

Jon Foster
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>Hi,
>
>Your description of PFR in formats.txt is missing any references.
>
>Official PFR spec:
>http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec.html
>http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec1.2.pdf
>
>The syntax of the auxiliary data is not defined there, but is partially
>defined in MHP 1.0.3 (also called ETSI TS 101812 V1.3.1) section 7.4.
>http://www.etsi.org/
>http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=18799
>(Free registration required)
>
>I'm not sure if FreeType actually supports the auxiliary data syntax
>yet - FreeType 2.1.4 didn't.  (The auxiliary data is just for ascent,
>descent & leading, in metrics units).
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Jon Foster
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