Re: [ft-devel] loading fonts with signature 'OTTO'

[Graham Asher]

Thanks - can you tell me which version this support was introduced in? I 
am using FreeType 2.3.7, and it doesn't work even though I have enabled 
and built the relevant drivers.

Graham


Tor Andersson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Graham Asher
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > Does anyone know whether FreeType supports fonts with the signature (first 4
> > bytes) 'OTTO', and if so, which drivers are needed, and in which version was
> > support added for this format? I have googled for some time, and
> > experimented with various drivers, but without success, so forgive me for
> > asking: the answer isn't obvious to me.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >     
>
> FreeType2 has supported OpenType fonts with CFF outlines
> for a long time (several years now) without needing to do anything
> special. You'll need to compile it with both the TrueType and CFF
> PostScript font drivers. The default configuration works well for
> me in MuPDF.
>
> -Tor
>
>