Re: [Freetype] CIDFont support

[David Turner]

Hello,

"YAMANO-UCHI Hidetoshi ($B;3Fb(B $B1QIR(B)" a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> From: Juliusz Chroboczek <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Freetype] CIDFont support
> Date: 10 Apr 2002 17:10:55 +0100
> 
> > Before I start trying to puzzle it out on my own,
> >
> > Would somebody be so kind to tell me what is the status of CIDFont
> > support in FreeType 2?  I haven't done much reading of the code yet,
> > but it looks like there's no CMap parser yet; is anyone working on
> > one, or should I hack my own?  And is the code for base CIDFonts
> > complete?
> 
> I wrote a draft of CMap parser, but it is incomplete and do not commit
> to the CVS tree.  And I do not have time to rewrite it yet.
> 
> I notice that CMap is quite different from cmap on OpenType.  And if
> you want to write a CMap parser, you should rewrite the public API on
> FreeType2.
>

Why that ? I thought that this could be handled through a FT_Attach_File
or FT_Attach_Stream call, just like the .AFM data in Type1 fonts. Is
there any reason to prevent this ??

Regards,

- David Turner