Re: FT_Get_Char_Index() returns 0 for char(0x020)

[Tom Kacvinsky]

Leaonard, according to the PFA files I have for Adobe Palatino, there is a valid
space glyph in Palatino Roman, and it has zero advance width.  So I guess it
might be something in z1driver.c related to the encoding array in the Type 1
font...

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:

> Can anyone explain why, for certain fonts (Adobe Type 1 fonts: 
> Palatino, Impact, etc.), FT_Get_Char_Index(f->face, ' ') would return 
> 0?
> 
> Is it possible that some fonts don't actually define a valid 
> character for "space" (hex 0x020)?  If so, what's the 
> standard/recommended procedure?
> 
> 
> Leonard
>