Re: [ft] FT_Select_Charmap problem

[Nikolay Sivov]

On 17.12.2015 19:32, Michael IV wrote:
> I am trying to understand exactly how to work with different charmaps.
> 
> For example,I got a font with platform id TT_PLATFORM_MICROSOFT
> 
> and encoding - FT_ENCODING_MS_SYMBOL.
> 
> Now inspecting the font I see that the chars (from space and onwards begin
> from 0xF020 and the SYMBOL AREA starts at 0xF000
> 
> Now,I read about FT_Select_Charmap and FT_Set_Charmap and I thought if I
> select the specific charmap,then FT_Get_Char_Index returns me the correct
> index .So if for example
> I pass a char 'F' it will return me appropriate index from the selected
> charmap.But it doesn't happen.it returns zero.Only if I do smth like :
> charIndex + 0xF000 ,it works.Does it mean I need to offset into selected
> charmap manually?

Yes, you should do +0xf000 manually for FT_ENCODING_MS_SYMBOL case only.
Freetype doesn't treat it any differently.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
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