Re: [Devel] Re: Distiller produced PFA problems

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Attached is patch that handles the Subrs problem and the FontMatrix
> problem.  Let me know if it works for you, or if you see any problems
> with it...

Looks nice.

> I am not sure how to best handle the absence of a FontInfo
> dictionary.  There are some bits and pieces in the FontInfo
> dictionary that seem to be necessary in order for the Type 1 driver
> to work.  The question is this: if there is no FontInfo dictionary
> in the font, should we add default values?

The main question: Is a Type 1 font without a FontInfo dictionary a
valid Type 1 font?  If not, just produce an error.

> What should these defaults be?  If we don't add defaults, perhaps we
> ought to make the return value alongs the lines of
> FT_Error_Missing_FontInfo and leave it up to the user of FreeType to
> supply what they think are reasonable values...

Exactly.


    Werner