Re: Fonts

[David Feuer]

On 4/18/06, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Using a CIDFont without a CMap is just gross.
>
> Yep.  Is this still the case?  I thought Han-Wen has changed this already.

Yes, it is.

> > I think if we set the fonts up a bit better, we should be able to
> > use xyshow rather than glyphshow, which is infinitely prettier.
>
> Are you sure about that?  It means that you have to manage encoding
> vectors because you can't access more that 255 glyphs at the same
> time.

That's incorrect.  Level 2, at least, provides for multibyte encodings
(the encoding is determined by the font).  I'm pretty sure it's
sophisticated enough to make a UTF-8 CMap, and I think GhostScript
might come with one, though I'm not sure.

David Feuer