Re: [Devel] Non ASCII font file questions

[Werner LEMBERG]

[I'm talking about FreeType 2.]

> In the documentation for the 'name' table of a TrueType font file,
> it says that the name field may not be ASCII.
>     (see: http://fonts.apple.com/TTRefMan/RM06/Chap6name.html
> 
> 1) Does the freetype library handle those non-ASCII names?

Yes and no.  You'll get byte-wide strings which you have to interpret
by yourself.

> 2) How relevant is that field to the font family name?

AFAIK, it only gives additional user information.

> 3) Will freetype handle a font file that has a multibyte or wide char
>    file name?

By default, the ANSI C library is used (i.e. fopen() and friends), but
it is easy to replace it with something different in case you have
special needs.


    Werner