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Re: [Devel] font format corner cases
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Devel] font format corner cases |
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Wed, 05 Jun 2002 15:59:16 +0200 (CEST) |
> I'm concerned about the memory pressure from reading the whole file
> into heap. But I don't see any way around it.
It depends on the font format; some of them must be read completely,
others have a proper header which simplifies incremental loading.
> In any case, I think ftcommon.i's install_font_file() will need
> significant reimplimentation to best explain to other ft users (that
> is the intent of ft2demos, yes?) how best to uncompress on the fly.
Indeed. Go ahead! :-)
Werner