Re: [Devel] Examining Windows fonts with FT

[Steven Johnson]

> > (1) Enumerate the logical fonts installed, using 
> EnumFontFamiliesEx(), 
> > read the font into memory using GetFontData, then use 
> > FT_New_Memory_Face().  This works in most cases, but some 
> fonts fail 
> > with a "bad format" error.  On my system, these are mainly 
> asian TTCs 
> > (eg, MSGOTHIC.TTC) but I haven't yet determined if the problem is 
> > exclusive to non-Western fonts or to TTCs.
> 
> Maybe Windows is already doing something not properly 
> documented for TTCs?

Yeah, that's my thought. Perhaps it's returning the first sub-face? (I have
been preoccupied with other matters and haven't had a chance to
investigate.)
 
> Are you sure that you use face index 0 while calling 
> FT_New_Memory_Face?

Yep :-)