GW> Is there a real need to distinguish between bitmap only and ouline
GW> sfnts?
I feel that having the same extension for bitmap and scalable fonts is
confusing -- without a naming extension, you need tools such as ftdump
to find out what your fonts are.
GW> I presume that an .otb font would just have EBDT/EBLC and I should not
GW> generate a dummy glyf/loca/EBSC?
That was the initial plan, but I found out that having FreeType grok
such fonts required more changes than David Turner was wililng to make
in the 2.1.* series. So I'm generating a zero-length glyf and a
one-entry loca. (No EBSC indeed.)
On the other hand, the code will accept any font that FreeType 2.1.4
will recognise as a bitmap font. I originally tested with
pfaedit-generated fonts, although I haven't tested against pfaedit
recently. (Will do before release.)
GW> I presume also that it should have a head table and not a bhed, and
GW> EBDT/EBLC rather than bdat/bloc?
That's what I'm doing, although I guess that bdat would work just as well.
Thanks for your help, George.
Juliusz
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