Re: [Devel] type 1 font with empty /Subrs []

[David Turner]

Hello Dirck,

Dirck Blaskey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a very tiny patch for Type 1 fonts.
> I work on a PDF/Postscript interpreter product ( http://www.lib-sys.com )
> that uses FreeType.  Part of the package is a small set of the
> standard Type 1 fonts licensed to be included in the product, 
> but FreeType has some minor problems loading them.
>
> The initial problem, the /Subrs array in the Type 1 fonts is
> present, but empty (using  [] ) which makes the parser choke.
>
> There was a second problem; FreeType Type 1 doesn't support 
> the Symbol encoding for the Symbol font.  The fix for 2.0.9 is 
> straightforward, but the fix for the 2.1.x series isn't.  
> So far, I haven't pursued it further, since we're still using 2.0.9.
Thanks for your first patch. Could you send me your patch for 2.0.9
I should be able to "translate" it for the 2.1.x series rather easily

Regards,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)