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diff --git a/docs/formats.txt b/docs/formats.txt index 332af0a89..2f7c3d94e 100644 --- a/docs/formats.txt +++ b/docs/formats.txt @@ -1,46 +1,46 @@ -This file contains a list of various font formats. It gives the +This file contains a list of various font formats. It gives the reference document and whether it is supported in FreeType 2. file type: - The only special case is `MAC'; on older Mac OS versions, a `file' - is stored as a data and a resource fork, this is, within two - separate data chunks. In all other cases, the font data is stored + The only special case is `MAC'; on older Mac OS versions, a `file' + is stored as a data and a resource fork, this is, within two + separate data chunks. In all other cases, the font data is stored in a single file. wrapper format: - The format used to represent the font data. In the table below it - is used only if the font format differs. Possible values are - `SFNT' (binary), `PS' (a text header, followed by binary or text - data), and `LZW' (compressed with either `gzip' or `compress'). + The format used to represent the font data. In the table below it + is used only if the font format differs. Possible values are `SFNT' + (binary), `PS' (a text header, followed by binary or text data), and + `LZW' (compressed with either `gzip' or `compress'). font format: - How the font is to be accessed, possibly after converting the file - type and wrapper format into a generic form. Bitmap formats are - `BDF', `PCF', and one form of `WINFNT'; all others are vector + How the font is to be accessed, possibly after converting the file + type and wrapper format into a generic form. Bitmap formats are + `BDF', `PCF', and one form of `WINFNT'; all others are vector formats. font type: - Sub-formats of the font format. `SBIT' and `MACSBIT' are bitmap + Sub-formats of the font format. `SBIT' and `MACSBIT' are bitmap formats, `MM' and `VAR' support optical axes. glyph access: - If not specified, the glyph access is `standard' to the font - format. Values are `CID' for CID-keyed fonts, `SYNTHETIC' for - fonts which are modified versions of other fonts by means of a - transformation matrix, `COLLECTION' for collecting multiple fonts - (sharing most of the data) into a single file, and `TYPE_0' for PS - fonts which are to be accessed in a tree-like structure. + If not specified, the glyph access is `standard' to the font format. + Values are `CID' for CID-keyed fonts, `SYNTHETIC' for fonts which + are modified versions of other fonts by means of a transformation + matrix, `COLLECTION' for collecting multiple fonts (sharing most of + the data) into a single file, and `TYPE_0' for PS fonts which are to + be accessed in a tree-like structure. FreeType driver: - The module in the FreeType library which handles the specific font - format. A missing entry means that FreeType doesn't support the + The module in the FreeType library which handles the specific font + format. A missing entry means that FreeType doesn't support the font format (yet). -Please send additions and/or corrections to wl@gnu.org or to the -FreeType developer's list at freetype-devel@nongnu.org (for subscribers -only). If you can provide a font example for a format which isn't +Please send additions and/or corrections to wl@gnu.org or to the +FreeType developer's list at freetype-devel@nongnu.org (for subscribers +only). If you can provide a font example for a format which isn't supported yet please send a mail too. @@ -122,16 +122,17 @@ MAC --- PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf --- --- WINFNT VECTOR --- --- MS Windows 3 Developer's Notes -[1] Support should be rather simple since this is identical to `CFF' - but in a PS wrapper. +[1] Support should be rather simple since this is identical to `CFF' but + in a PS wrapper. [2] Official PFR specification: http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec.html http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec1.2.pdf - The syntax of the auxiliary data is not defined there, but is partially - defined in MHP 1.0.3 (also called ETSI TS 101812 V1.3.1) section 7.4. + The syntax of the auxiliary data is not defined there, but is + partially defined in MHP 1.0.3 (also called ETSI TS 101812 V1.3.1) + section 7.4. http://www.etsi.org/ http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=18799 @@ -143,10 +144,10 @@ MAC --- PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf Copyright 2004, 2005 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. -This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, -modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project -license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this -file you indicate that you have read the license and understand and +This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, +modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project +license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this +file you indicate that you have read the license and understand and accept it fully. |