Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-11 Thread Andreas Falkenhahn
On 11.08.2017 at 20:00 Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>> However, the forthcoming FreeType version (to be released very >>> soon) has code to automatically synthesize a Unicode cmap (3,1) >>> based on glyph names, and which get activated automatically. >> So is this the patch you're talking about? >> htt

Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-11 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> However, the forthcoming FreeType version (to be released very >> soon) has code to automatically synthesize a Unicode cmap (3,1) >> based on glyph names, and which get activated automatically. > > So is this the patch you're talking about? > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.

Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-11 Thread Andreas Falkenhahn
On 10.08.2017 at 21:46 Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> It contains Greek characters > Well it rather contains Greek *symbols*, to be used mainly for > scientific purposes. > The font in question is an old symbol TrueType font, not having a > (native) Unicode cmap. Instead, it contains a Windows symbol

Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-10 Thread Andreas Falkenhahn
On 10.08.2017 at 21:46 Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> It contains Greek characters > Well it rather contains Greek *symbols*, to be used mainly for > scientific purposes. > The font in question is an old symbol TrueType font, not having a > (native) Unicode cmap. Instead, it contains a Windows symbol

Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-10 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> It contains Greek characters Well it rather contains Greek *symbols*, to be used mainly for scientific purposes. The font in question is an old symbol TrueType font, not having a (native) Unicode cmap. Instead, it contains a Windows symbol map (3,0), to be addressed in the character range 0xF

Re: [ft] FT_Get_Char_Index() always returns 0

2017-08-10 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I have a very old TTF font for which FT_Get_Char_Index() always > seems to return 0. The font is called SymbolProp BT (symbpron.ttf) > and it's from January 1993. Please send it to me privately for further investigation. Werner ___ Freetype mai