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Package: gfont
Version: 1.0.2-5
I made small experiment, where I tried to create gif files from "aoa",
"aöa", "oao" and "oäo" with CMBoldface-S. Basically "aoa" and "aöa"
should have exactly same width, since only difference between those two
is that in second string I have dots in top of o character. Similar
thing in comparison between "oao" and "oäo", where second one has a with
dots.
What actually happened, was that "aöa" took 58 pixels, while "aoa" only
needed 26 pixels. "oao" vs. "oäo" comparison had even less success,
because "oäo" caused Segmentation fault.
Here is more information about the case:
#!/bin/sh
gfont -F "CMBoldface-S" -f cc3333 -v -o demo7.gif "aöa"
gfont -F "CMBoldface-S" -f cc3333 -v -o demo8.gif "aoa"
gfont -F "CMBoldface-S" -f cc3333 -v -o demo9.gif "oao"
gfont -F "CMBoldface-S" -f cc3333 -v -o demo10.gif "oäo"
bash-2.02$ ./gfont.sh
Loading font: CMBoldface-S (21x17)
Calculating image size: 58 x 19
Allocating image: Done
Drawing image: Done
Exporting image to GIF file: Done
Freeing image: Done
Loading font: CMBoldface-S (21x17)
Calculating image size: 26 x 19
Allocating image: Done
Drawing image: Done
Exporting image to GIF file: Done
Freeing image: Done
Loading font: CMBoldface-S (21x17)
Calculating image size: 26 x 19
Allocating image: Done
Drawing image: Done
Exporting image to GIF file: Done
Freeing image: Done
Loading font: CMBoldface-S (21x17)
Calculating image size: 134660370 x 19
Allocating image: ./gfont.sh: line 5: 2135 Segmentation fault
gfont -F "CMBoldface-S" -f cc3333 -v -o demo10.gif "oäo"
bash-2.02$
For curiosity reasons, I changed font to CMRoman and suddenly I got rid
of segmentation fault. Comparison between "aoa" and "aöa" was pretty
much same as before. However in "oao" and "oäo", I got very suprising
results, because in "oäo" gif I can only see "oä". In hard numbers,
"oao" was 23 pixed in width, while "oäo" was only 16 pixed in width.
Since gfont is so dependent from tetex, here are my tetex packages:
bash-2.02$ dpkg --list | grep tetex
ii tetex-base 1.0-5 basic teTeX library files
ii tetex-bin 1.0.6-1 teTeX binary files
ii tetex-extra 1.0-5 extra teTeX library files
ii tetex-lib 1.0.6-1 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii tetex-nonfree 1.0-5 non-free teTeX library files
bash-2.02$
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Version: 1.0.3-1+rm
The gfont package has been removed from Debian testing, unstable and
experimental, so I am now closing the bugs that were still opened
against it.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/328594 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
Barry deFreese
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