RE: [ft-devel] FT_Get_Char_Index.

[Rajeev Pahuja]

Thanks for responses.

-Rajeev

-----Original Message-----
From: Werner LEMBERG [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:30 PM
To: Rajeev Pahuja
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] FT_Get_Char_Index.

> "If you use FreeType to manipulate the contents of font files
> directly, be aware that the glyph index returned by this function
> doesn't always correspond to the internal indices used within the
> file."
>
> Is this relevant to all formats or only few ?  Specifically
> TrueType, OpenType and Type1 ?
>
> I will appreciate, if some one can also point out the scenarios in
> which this will happen and the glyph indices returned in those
> cases.

FreeType insists that glyph index 0 is the `undefined glyph' index.
All formats which either have the undefined glyph at a different
index or have no undefined glyph at all are affected.

What do you want to do so that is of importance to you?


    Werner