Doug Ewell scripsit: > 1. It must be based on Unicode code points. For True- and OpenType > fonts, this implies a Unicode cmap; for other font technologies it > implies some more-or-less equivalent mechanism. The point is that > glyphs must be associated with Unicode code points (not necessarily > 1-to-1, of course), not merely with an internal 8-bit table that can be > mapped to Unicode only through some other piece of software.
If it's a FIGlet font, of course, it's automatically Unicode, since FIGlet's table is 32 bits wide. > In a Unicode font, U+0041 cannot be mapped to a capital A with macron, > as it is in Bookshelf Symbol 1; nor to a six-pointed star, as in > Monotype Sorts; nor to a hand holding up two fingers, as in Wingdings. > (But it can be mapped to a "notdef" glyph, if the font makes no claim to > supporting U+0041.) In fact, these fonts map these glyphs to U+F041. Only when seen as 8-bit fonts do they map to 0x41. -- With techies, I've generally found John Cowan If your arguments lose the first round http://www.reutershealth.com Make it rhyme, make it scan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Then you generally can [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make the same stupid point seem profound! --Jonathan Robie
