From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Error with TrueType flavor OpenType fonts with .otf extension
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:19:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4988C30A.3000007@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090203202839.GB4038@khaled-laptop>
Khaled Hosny wrote:
> I came across an OpenType font with TrueType outline that had an .otf
> extension, attempting to use it gave me this error:
>
> !luaTeX error (file /home/khaled/.fonts/UthmanTN1_Ver06.otf): can't find
> table `CFF '
> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>
> Reading OpenType specification, I see that it allows this:
>
> * In all cases, fonts with only CFF data (no TrueType outlines)
> always have an .OTF extension.
> * Fonts containing TrueType outlines may have either .OTF or .TTF,
> depending on the desire for backward compatibility on older
> systems or with previous versions of the font. TrueType Collection
> fonts should have a .TTC extension whether or not the fonts have
> OpenType layout tables present.
>
>
> I'm not sure if this is a LuaTeX of ConTeXt issue, but my guess is that
> a ConTeXt issue, thus reported here.
it's not a context message; does renaming the font work ok?
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-03 22:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-03 20:28 Khaled Hosny
2009-02-03 21:24 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2009-02-03 22:19 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2009-02-03 22:34 ` Taco Hoekwater
2009-02-03 23:21 ` Hans Hagen
2009-02-03 22:35 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-02-03 22:38 ` Khaled Hosny
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