Re: Font problems with latest minimals on Linux

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Vasile Gaburici wrote:
> If you still haven't figured out how to reproduce it, apply the
> patched I've attached. It will force the hash entries to be added in
> sorted order. With the patch applied, if you have some fonts called
> 
> Calibri Bold Italic.otf
> Calibri Bold.otf
> Calibri Italic.otf
> Calibri.otf
> 
> the order of hash insertions will always exactly as above, regardless
> of disk order, e.g.:
> 
> filename | 49 -> /usr/share/fonts/vista/C-series/Calibri Bold Italic.otf
> filename | 50 -> /usr/share/fonts/vista/C-series/Calibri Bold.otf
> filename | 51 -> /usr/share/fonts/vista/C-series/Calibri Italic.otf
> filename | 52 -> /usr/share/fonts/vista/C-series/Calibri.otf
> 
> So, you'll get bold italic instead of bold in the PDF.

the order is just one factor. what actually happens is that there is a 
compensation for buggy font names (as happens often in afm files) so in 
practice one entry might become three entries; taco noticed that one of 
the fallbacks create this way will then obscure a following one

in your case it might be order on disk (although the current mechanisms 
do some sorting) but on our machines more likely is that a bugged afm 
font obscures later otf's (with similar names)

anyhow, we'll cook up a patch

Hans


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