From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Wed May 09 2007 - 10:22:51 CDT
On May 9, 2007, at 2:17 AM, Bob Hallissy wrote:
> I don't know about Java, but I do know about TT/OT fonts: Most
> contain, in
> their OS/2 table, the ulUnicodeRange and ulCodePageRange bit vectors
> that
> should give you a pretty good hint about what characters you might
> use to
> display a sample. See http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/os2.htm
> for detail.
>
My experience has been that the values in these fields, particularly
for older fonts, are not reliable.
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
jhjenkins@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/
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