[Devel] Re: ftdump, and oto question.

[Werner LEMBERG]

> >Thanks.  This is a strange font -- it starts with the byte sequence
> >`0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00', while a normal TTF must start with `0x00 0x01
> >0x00 0x00'.  If you change it, the font will be loaded.
>
> Yes, I took a look at the other 7 fonts which failed, and they all
> have this strange header, and indeed, correcting it does the work.
> Strange enough 3 from the same bundle (a total of 11) have the
> correct 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00 header.  I re-read the docs that came
> with it, apparently those Arphic fonts where intended for Microsoft
> Windows 3.1 Chinese version.  (they all have a time stamp of Sept
> 94).

I've made FreeType accept the 0x00020000 tag.


    Werner