Re: [ft-devel] Unable to load OpenType font (test case + font attached)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Here is a preliminary patch to permit a font WITHOUT essential
> tables, if its header declares CFF/OpenType (by OTTO tag) and CFF
> table is included.

Hmm, the demo font works without this your patch.

> This patch does not use cmap table, it uses the character-glyph
> mapping info (Encoding dict) in CFF table.  It is NOT expected
> behaviour, because CID-keyed CFF font for CJK scripts has no
> Encoding dict. I have to work more about...

AFAIK, PDF drivers include CFFs in `pure' format if they don't need or
want to use a cmap.  I'm not sure it makes sense to support a CFF in
SFNT format without a real `cmap' table.


    Werner