On 8/27/07, Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So my question is in part: > > a) is there a way to tell if an existing .sfd file applies to a given > > TTF (e.g., Unicode.sfd)? > > Unicode.sfd should apply to all TTFs (or OTFs) which contain a > Unicode cmap. Today, virtually all fonts have such a cmap since it is > needed for Windows.
Hello Werner, Excellent news! > > b) can I use the fontforge-outputted .sfd file safely? > > Aah, FontForge uses .sfd files for its own format! This is an > extension clash. All right, I'll avoid using that. > > c) is there another way to determine/obtain an .sfd file for a given > > TTF? > > The font's cmap format gives the needed subfont definition file. Just > stay with Unicode.sfd and the other U***.sfd files (which use Unicode > encoded input codes as input) and you are fine. Great! When opening most of the TTF font files I was interested in, in Fontforge, the title line says something like the following after the font name: (Unicode BMP). That was encouraging, and thanks for pointing me to the cmap format. There are other fonts though, which I am interested in for later, made by Epson for example, which have (SJIS) after their name in fontforge, and thus will require a different .sfd file I presume. I won't be looking at those for a while though. Regards, Gernot _______________________________________________ Cjk maillist - [email protected] https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/cjk
