Re: State of OpenType Font Implementation

2009-09-15 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Hi Alex, second good news today. I guess we need to define what should be covered by Open Type. One important aspect is certainly CFF support (which I've just mentioned to Jonathan a few minutes ago). Another aspect is what Bertrand Delacrétaz started to look into: ligatures, character

Re: State of OpenType Font Implementation

2009-09-15 Thread Alexander Kiel
Hi Jeremias, ok I think the first step would be to add CFF support into org.apache.fop.fonts.truetype.TTFFile or to split TTFFile into TrueTypeFile and OpenTypeFile and add CFF support only to OpenTypeFile. In the last hour I waded through TTFReader, TTFFile, TTFDirTabEntry and the OpenType Spec

Re: State of OpenType Font Implementation

2009-09-15 Thread Max Berger
Alex, please note that the FOP code has been developed by multiple volunteers over the last ten years. As such, it does not always follow one clear path of design. That said, refactoring the FOP code for easier reading / maintainability is definitely wanted! The proper steps would be: - ensure

Re: State of OpenType Font Implementation

2009-09-15 Thread Alexander Kiel
Hi Max, I apologize for my not so kind words. I'm on the way to refactor the TTFFile part and hopefully add CFF support. I will follow your suggestions and issue my patch. Best Regards Alex - e-mail: alexanderk...@gmx.net web:www.alexanderkiel.net On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 17:28 +0200, Max