Re: [ft-devel] FT_Set_Charmap and unicode charmap

[Pierre]

On 2/11/07, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Trying to debug a bug in libgd, I found something that sounds like a
> > bug.
>
> It's not a bug.
>
> > When I set the charmap using FT_Set_Charmap with the unicode
> > charmap, FT_Get_Char_Index fails to find the correct glyph (returns
> > 0).
>
> Yep.  You are selecting the wrong Unicode charmap.  Your loop
> construction around line 90 selects the first one (which is for
> Apple's 0,0 platform/encoding ID) instead the `extended' one
> (Microsoft's 3/10).
>
> You should use FT_Select_Charmap() instead.

It works like a charm now, thanks a lot.

It will greatly simplify the gdft code (and in php too). We were
trying to find the charmap manually for years.

> I'll add a note to the documentation.

Good idea :)


Cheers,
--Pierre