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Re: [Devel] FreeType support for Unicode values above U+FFFF in TrueType
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Devel] FreeType support for Unicode values above U+FFFF in TrueType fonts |
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Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:36:02 +0200 (CEST) |
> I remember that the question of TrueType support, and hence FreeType
> support, for Unicode values above U+FFFF - thus with more than 16
> bits - came up a while ago, but I can't remember whether FreeType
> supports fonts with the modified cmap tables this requires.
All new cmap formats are supported.
> Naturally support for Unicode values above U+FFFF does not require
> support inside TrueType for 32-bit glyph indices; that is a separate
> issue.
AFAIK, 32-bit glyph index support is not possible. Many TT tables are
not suited for that.
Werner