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Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome

From Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome
Date 2012-09-12 18:19 +0200
Organization MW Software
Message-ID <1d8820ce52.martin@bach.planiverse.com> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <bd3d08ce52.martin@bach.planiverse.com> <52ce0d6329dave@davenoise.co.uk> <52ce11e363dave@davenoise.co.uk> <ed8115ce52.martin@bach.planiverse.com> <ant1217030b0=WG%@x.yz.z>

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          CMS <musicman56@web.de> wrote:

> In article <ed8115ce52.martin@bach.planiverse.com>, Martin Wuerthner
> <URL:mailto:spamtrap@mw-software.com> wrote:
>> In message <52ce11e363dave@davenoise.co.uk>
>>           "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <52ce0d6329dave@davenoise.co.uk>,
>>>    Dave Plowman (News) <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> NetSurf (or rather its Unicode font library "Rufl") scans all the
>>>>> available fonts to build a table of which font supports which
>>>>> characters. So, NetSurf takes a far closer look at your fonts than any
>>>>> other application and is therefore much more likely to stumble over any
>>>>> problems with the font.
>> 
>>>> Thanks. So is it necessarily with Cabin - or could it be another one?
>> 
>>> Sorry, should have read 'a problem with Cabin'
>> 
>> Well, if NetSurf starts up without Cabin installed and refuses to
>> start up with Cabin installed, then that case is pretty clear, isn't
>> it? That still does not prove that Cabin is really faulty, but it does
>> prove that the startup problem is caused by Cabin.

> I have deleted the 'Encoding' Files in the Cabin Directory. After that
> Netsurf is working

Not sure whether that is a good idea. That probably has consequences 
for PostScript printing and PDF generation.

The most likely problem with NetSurf is that this font has a private 
encoding file with 286 entries, i.e., more than 256. Not sure whether 
that is invalid, but it is certainly unusual. Traditionally, RISC OS 
fonts with more than 256 glyphs use a base encoding. NetSurf (or, more 
accurately, Rufl) probably only expects 256 entries in a private 
encoding file.

-- 
Martin
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Martin Wuerthner         MW Software      http://www.mw-software.com/
        RISC OS Software for Design, Printing and Publishing
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New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 08:07 -0700
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-11 18:36 +0100
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-11 19:53 +0200
      Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 12:31 -0700
        Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 23:19 +0100
          Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 22:33 +0000
            Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 11:08 +0100
        Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Dave Stratford <daves@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 01:31 +0100
          Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 09:56 +0100
            Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 13:54 +0200
              Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 13:50 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 14:39 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 16:19 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome CMS <musicman56@web.de> - 2012-09-12 17:19 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 18:19 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 10:58 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 19:29 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 22:12 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-14 00:40 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-14 00:45 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-14 11:22 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 07:50 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-14 16:08 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-14 17:49 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-15 00:27 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 07:28 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 12:55 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 06:59 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 10:53 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-18 11:42 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 12:44 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 11:42 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 13:35 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:58 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 18:23 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 17:36 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-12 17:49 +0100
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 19:34 -0700
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:44 +0100
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 06:52 -0700
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 08:01 -0700
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:59 +0000

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