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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fonts ... ARGH!!!
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-08-03 18:09:06
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Craig Drummond wrote:

> The reason being not every app is compiled against FreeType2. KDE and Qt don't 
> require FreeType/Xft as far as I'm aware. Hence the aliases are neccessary.
> 
In that case, it should only screw up if you haven't build it with them.  I have built it 
against the current versions of FontConfig & FreeType2 and I have XFT from XFree86-4.3.0.

> My code can read the PS name as I read the actual .ttf files - Qt/KDE do not.
> 
> Perhaps you should file a bug report with Qt? ie. get them to try and open the 
> TTF file to get the real PS name if the font is not embedded.
> 
I need to establish that the problem isn't limited to KOffice first.
> 
>>Or perhaps someone just doesn't realize that the "Full Font name" and the
>>"Postscript name" are NOT the same -- you can't just remove the blanks.
> 
> Nope. I don't think fontconfig access the PS name, hence the aliases will be 
> required. But I guess you can get this via the method above.
> 
Yes, FontConfig only provides the (full path) font file name.  Then FreeType2 must open 
it.  After the file has been opened in FreeType2, then a FreeType2 method (or something) 
can provide the PS file name -- FT_Get_Postscript_Name

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-base_interface.html

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JRT

 
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