Re: [Freetype] Re: Problem displaying fonts in Nautilus with freetype-2.1.0

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 09:23, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> > I did some more research, and found the problem seems to be with
> > librsvg-1.0.3 and the FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_CMAPS ftoption.  As soon
> > as I undefine this option, all glyphs are rendered fine Nautilus.
> 
> Indeed, I suggest to undefine FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_CMAPS currently for
> `critical' applications since not all drivers have proper support for
> the new CMap code (which could itself be buggy).  On the other hand,
> please test the current snapshot; there have been some fixes
> w.r.t. cmaps.

Thanks a lot for the response!  I will certainly test the latest CVS
snap ASAP.  Right now, the KDE and GNOME FreeBSD communities seem to be
at peace with the workaround.

Joe

> 
> > The offending function looks to be FT_Get_Char_Index, but I haven't
> > done enough testing to be sure.  In any event, we have a workaround.
> > What is the disadvantage by undefining FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_CMAPS?
> 
> PFR won't work since it has only the new cmap code.  On the other
> hand, t42 crashes currently if the new cmap code is active...
> 
> 
>     Werner
>

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