Re: [ft] problem with "MS Sans Serif" font

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'm experiencing issues trying to use the "MS Sans Serif" font.  The
> file for this, on my system, is "C:\Windows\Fonts\SSERIFE.FON".
> [...]
> 
> When I load this font in ftview, nothing shows up.  Just a white
> window where the glyphs would normally be rendered.  I've tried
> multiple sizes, but it doesn't render anything from the font.  I am
> able to use ftview to view other fonts without issue.

Windows bitmap fonts within a single FON file are loaded similarly to
TrueType collections, this is, you can access them with various face
indices.  If you say

  ftdump sserife.fon

you can see this in more detail.  Below you can find what I get on my
GNU/Linux box.

As a corrolary, if you say

   ftview 20 sserife.fon

you won't see anything.  But if you decrease the font size to 11pt,
you should see the first face.  Then press `n' to go to the next face
and increase the font size to 13pt, etc., etc.


    Werner


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There are 6 faces in this file.

----- Face number: 0 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 13, width 5
        size 8.000, x_ppem 11.000, y_ppem 11.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)

----- Face number: 1 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 16, width 7
        size 10.000, x_ppem 13.000, y_ppem 13.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)

----- Face number: 2 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 20, width 8
        size 12.000, x_ppem 16.000, y_ppem 16.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)

----- Face number: 3 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 24, width 9
        size 14.000, x_ppem 19.000, y_ppem 19.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)

----- Face number: 4 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 29, width 12
        size 18.000, x_ppem 24.000, y_ppem 24.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)

----- Face number: 5 -----

font name entries
   family:     MS Sans Serif
   style:      Regular
   postscript: UNAVAILABLE

font type entries
   FreeType driver: winfonts
   sfnt wrapped:    no
   type:            fixed size
   direction:       horizontal
   fixed width:     no
   glyph names:     no
   glyph count: 225

fixed size
     0: height 37, width 16
        size 24.000, x_ppem 32.000, y_ppem 32.000

charmaps
   0: platform 0, encoding 0 (active)