Re: [ft] Creating an [OT]TF font from BDF font

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I also recall discussions which discovered that the .otb extension
> was otherwise unused in most of the world.  It doesn't matter at all
> to me; I ask FreeType to try and open the font, completely ignoring
> the extension has proven a valuable property, although it does
> sometimes challenge the FreeType font file handling code with
> 'unusual' file data.

I fully agree, but Windows allows to hide the display of file name
extensions -- the demo program might also try `foo.otb' to find the
real file name if the user just gives `foo'.


    Werner