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From: Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Bug: Reloading Font
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:39:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAANrE7oCnwBqW6Qpqqz_amV_Pf-B9LAsM11Poz1wi62-EWa=rw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52586AB6.6030302@wxs.nl>

FYI,

I didn't know that the font was corrupt. I have over 400 fonts on my
machine, and had to reload to pick up the new ones. You'll find that
having a large number of fonts will start to become a common situation
as more fonts become public (e.g., Google's Free Web Fonts project).
This increases the chances that some of those fonts will be corrupt.

It is a low priority, but a corrupt font should not cause a program to
hang or crash. The software should exit gracefully, and perhaps
strongly suggest to standard error that the user investigate that
particular font file.
For my particular application, eventually I will allow users to upload
custom fonts. If they upload a font that is corrupt (accidentally or
intentionally), a run-away process would make for a rainy day.

Kindest regards.
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-11 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-11  3:35 Thangalin
2013-10-11  6:55 ` luigi scarso
2013-10-11  7:59   ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-11  8:59 ` luigi scarso
2013-10-11 11:55   ` luigi scarso
2013-10-11 12:02     ` Taco Hoekwater
2013-10-11 15:19       ` Thangalin
2013-10-11 21:16       ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-11 21:39         ` Thangalin [this message]
2013-10-11 22:26           ` Philipp Gesang
2013-10-11 22:48             ` Thangalin
2013-10-12  0:02               ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-12  0:15                 ` Philipp Gesang
2013-10-12  0:19                   ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-12  7:27                     ` Khaled Hosny
2013-10-12  9:18                       ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-12 10:19                         ` Khaled Hosny
2013-10-12 22:39                           ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-13  8:15                             ` Khaled Hosny
2013-10-13  9:49                               ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-13 11:48                               ` luigi scarso
2013-10-11 23:53             ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-12  3:05               ` Thangalin
2013-10-12  8:52                 ` Khaled Hosny
2013-10-12  9:20                   ` Hans Hagen
2013-10-12  9:29                     ` luigi scarso

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