[Devel] Fw: Freetype2 Bug: does not work on some .gz files

[Werner LEMBERG]

Another bug report from Mike...


    Werner
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> Re: Freetype2 Bug: does not work on some .gz files
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> Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:44:01 +0100
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> Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> さんは書きました:
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> f>> Subject: Freetype2 Bug: does not work on some .gz files 
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> > Thanks for the report.  I've forwarded it to the address@hidden
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> Thank you. I tried to subscribe to the freetype mailing list
> via the web interface and via mail, but it didn't work.
> Maybe there is something broken in the mailman software on
> freetype.org?
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> And I found another problem in freetype 2.1.3:
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> If the byte code interpreter is enabled, rendering of Type1 fonts
> stops working completely.
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> I know that it is recommended not to use the byte code interpreter
> with freetype 2.1.3 and I have switched it off in the SuSE package
> intended for SuSE Linux 8.2.
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> But when turning the byte code interpreter on for testing and
> comparing the rendering quality to the auto hinter, I stumbled over
> this problem.
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> This looks like a bug, doesn't it? Shouldn't the byte code interpreter
> affect only TrueType fonts? I thought that the byte code interpreter
> is completely unrelated to Type1 fonts.
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> But with the bytecode interpreter enabled,
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>    ftview 50 foo.pfa
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> shows only garbage. And the freetype module of XFree86 4.3.0
> (Freetype2 based) can't render Type1 fonts either if it is build
> against a freetype 2.1.3 with the byte code interpreter enabled.
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> Mike Fabian   <address@hidden>   http://www.suse.de/~mfabian
> 睡眠不足はいい仕事の敵だ。
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