Hello Jernej, On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:36:05 +0100 GMT (23/Dec/09, 0:36 AM +0700 GMT), Jernej Simončič wrote:
>>> No. If the font doesn't have an Unicode table, it's assumed to be >>> CP1252 >> Why? I'm sure you can point me to something. JS> Historical reasons (read: fonts from the Windows 3.x era). JS>>> (I previously wrote ASCII, which was wrong). >> Changing your mind? JS> No, I just slipped. ASCII is a subset of CP1252 (it doesn't define JS> characters with indexes 128-255, which CP1252 does). I see. >> I agree with the font, just not with the charset assumption. JS> Back in the Windows 3.x days, the fonts didn't define any charset, so JS> the displayed character was defined by font name and it's index. JS> [...] Thaks for the background of the Wingdings font. I was always wondering what it was good for. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.13.8 ALPHA under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.2.13.8 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
