Re: [ft] [ft-devel] Fonts with unusual CFF operators sought!

[Werner LEMBERG]

Hello Tom!


> I don't know if there is OpenType/CFF equivalents of the Blue Sky
> Research/Y&Y based Computer Modern fonts, but if they exist, you'll
> want to check them out.  They use the div operator (which isn't
> really that exotic, it's in the Type 1 spec and is used in the Type
> 1 flavor of the above fonts).

The `div' operator *is* exotic in CFFs since the Type2 format has a
16.16 fixed float type which *must* be used (AFAIK) if you have a
non-integer width.  From the specifcation:

  1) Width: If the charstring has a width other than that of
  `defaultWidthX' (see Technical Note #5176, “The Compact Font Format
  Specification”), it must be specified as the first number in the
  charstring, and encoded as the difference from `nominalWidthX'.

`As the first number' can not be replaced with a solution using `X Y
div'.

> I suppose I could download the OpenType FDK from Adobe and convert
> the BSR/Y&Y fonts that can be downloaded from the AMS.

Well, I'm rather sure that you won't see `div' in the created OTF...


    Werner