Re: Win32: Why are symbol fonts not supported?

[Peter Frentrup <peter_frentrup gmx de>]

Tor Lillqvist schrieb:
> > Of course, Symbol fonts do not have Unicode mappings, but I don't need
> > such a mapping, because I know the glyph indices and can insert them
> > directly in a PangoGlyphString.
>
> Hmm, but if Symbol fonts were allowed, there should then be some check
> preventing users from trying to use them with normal strings,? Or will
> it work out fine if users do that and they will get what they deserve,
> i.e. the unknown glyph thingies?
I think such an option is not necessary. A user who wants to load a 
symbol font normaly knows how to handle it (o at least should know).
One can load symbol fonts with a freetype fontmap on Windows and there 
is no such option, either.
> File a bug in bugzilla.gnome.org and attach a patch, and some test code.
Done: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533426
I hope nothing important is missing and the diff file has the 
appropriate format. I have no experience with diff/patch commands.

Peter