Re: [Freefont-bugs] Add extra characters to FreeSerif

[Steve White]

Hi Graeme,

Some ideas below:

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Graeme Kidd <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:47:47 +0100
>> Subject: Re: [Freefont-bugs] Add extra characters to FreeSerif
>> From: address@hidden
>> To: address@hidden
>> CC: address@hidden
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>> Hi, Graeme!
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>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Graeme Kidd  wrote:
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>> > This is my first time using FreeSerif and Fontforge and I noticed the 
>> > following two glyphs are not available:
>> > Glyph "Z" (0x2124)
>> > Glyph "R" (0x211d)
>> >
>> Are we understanding one another?
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>> These characters (0x2124 and 0x211d, the "blackboard bold" letters Z
>> and R) have been in the roman styles of FreeSerif, FreeSans, and
>> FreeMono for some time.
> Ah, well it appears Apache FOP is not picking them up:
> [WARN ] Glyph "ℤ" (0x2124) not available in font "FreeSerif".
> [WARN ] Glyph "ℝ" (0x211d) not available in font "FreeSerif".
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> I am using Apache FOP to help convert XML to Postscript which only supports 
> Type 1 fonts. So far I have simply generated a PFM and PFB file from the 
> FreeSerif.sfd file which is then used by Apache FOP.
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> Once I get it working I will let you know if I need bold or italic versions.
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It is very likely that something is not picking up on the new fonts.
I don't know how Apache FOP works, however.

How did you install them?  (and which versions?  TrueType, OpenType?)
What system are you using?

Some things to check out:

Previously-installed freefont:
     look under /usr/share/fonts/
     do a "locate freeserif" and "locate FreeSerif"

Font cache not properly updated.
    delete everything under ~/.fontconfig/

Good luck!