yes, i can... i have tested, all plain .ttf files work fine with
FT_New_Face... but now i'm using an encrypted OpenSSL I/O stream so I need
to use FT_Open_Face and supply the read function which also does seeking,
but i'm guessing something's wrong with my seeking


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:35 PM, suzuki toshiya
<[email protected]>wrote:

> I wanted you to execute ftdump onto some font file, and check
> if the library is corrected built and able to parse some font file...
> You say that your software using FreeType2 is very complicated
> and could not pass arbitrary-chosen font file to your software?
>
> Regards,
> mpsuzuki
>
> On 10/04/2013 11:48 AM, Ztatik Light wrote:
> > I'm only trying one font, it's encrypted with OpenSSL which is why I'm
> using FT_Open_Face, to stream from SSL's decrypt I/O stream... One specific
> thing I don't understand for example is that it seems between each and
> every substantial read call, a read call with `count` and `offset` both 0
> are called, and i'm not 100% sure what should be happening in that case.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:39 PM, suzuki toshiya <
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     I guess you're afraid that some bugs exist in the stream driver
> >     of the FreeType2. You could load no font? Or, you could load
> >     some fonts, but could not other fonts?
> >
> >     If FT_Open_Face() is already failed, the glyph loading should
> >     not be tried anymore. According to fterrdef.h, error code 2
> >     (from FT_Open_Face()) means the unknown font file format.
> >     So... if you could load some fonts but could not load other,
> >     please clarify the font file you've tried. If it's officially
> >     provided freely (not piracy), or bundled to the widely available
> >     products, no need to post the font file in this list, please
> >     clarify how to access it.
> >
> >     If it's difficult (e.g. commercial font, or embedded font in
> >     the confidential document etc), please try the tracing of FreeType2.
> >     The method how to build the FreeType2 with debugging and tracing
> >     message is written in doc/DEBUG.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >     mpsuzuki
> >
> >     On 10/04/2013 11:15 AM, Ztatik Light wrote:
> >      > I'm having trouble implementing the read function passed into
> FT_Open_Face through it's `args` flags...
> >      >
> >      > Now, the function is being *called* correctly, because I put a
> print statement inside and see it printing out. It even reads some data.
> But FT_Open_Face returns 2, and the glyph loading fails...
> >      >
> >      > I suspect it has something to do with the case of `count` being 0
> and it needing to seek.
> >      >
> >      > The doc mentions:
> >      >
> >      > "This function might be called to perform a seek or skip
> operation with a ‘count’ of 0."
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > But . . . What if `offset` is also zero? Does this mean seek to
> beginning of the file, or just return 0?
> >      >
> >      > An example of an implemented read function with proper seeking
> and all would be the most beneficial in this case..
> >      >
> >      >
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