Re: [ft-devel] Regression issue - CFF

[Ivan Nincic]

The issue is caused by the font file itself (which was dynamically
synthesized from another font). 
IvanN

-----Original Message-----
From: suzuki toshiya [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:12 PM
To: Werner LEMBERG
Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] Regression issue - CFF

Thank you for comment.

Also I'm interested in whether this issue is caused by the font file itself,
or, inappropriate modification during the font embedding by PDF generator. I
will try some checking...

Regards,
mpsuzuki

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> Just I've checked Adobe Reader 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.3, it displays the 
>> text (as attached picture).
>>
>> Should I ask Adobe experts about if this is a regression, or, 
>> appropriate behaviour to prevent some vulnerability issue?
> 
> Yes, please do so.  Maybe there is some kind of heuristic added to the 
> acroread code on the Mac.  However, given that it fails almost 
> everywhere else, it's not a high priority to have this fixed in 
> FreeType IMHO.
> 
> 
>     Werner