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Re: Slight bug(?) in ftnameid.h


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: Slight bug(?) in ftnameid.h
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:38:54 GMT

> specified in ftnameid.h does not match the IDs in the m$
> specifications found in the doc of the cmap table.

> #define TT_MS_ID_GB2312         3
> #define TT_MS_ID_BIG_5          4
> #define TT_MS_ID_WANSUNG        5
> #define TT_MS_ID_JOHAB          6

>     3           3           Big5
>     3           4           PRC

We are correct.  This is a bug in Microsoft's TT specs -- it has been
verified with a lot of Big5 encoded fonts.  BTW, OpenType 1.2 abandons
`legacy encodings', i.e., only pid/eid pairs (3,0) and (3,1) are
valid.


    Werner


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