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@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ Table fields
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), `LZW' (compressed with either `gzip' or `compress'), and
- `BZ2' (compressed with `bzip2`).
+
+ SFNT binary
+ PFB binary
+ PS a text header, followed by binary or text data
+ LZW compressed with either `gzip' or `compress'
+ BZ2 compressed with `bzip2'.
font format
How the font is to be accessed, possibly after converting the file
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
--- PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf
+ (PFA, Type 1 font resource)
+ PFB PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf,
+ 5040.Download_Fonts.pdf
(`normal' Type 1 font)
--- PS TYPE_1 CID cid PLRM.pdf (CID Font Type 0;
Type 9 font)
@@ -149,10 +155,11 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
[1] Support should be rather simple since this is identical to `CFF'
but in a PS wrapper.
-[2] Official PFR specification:
+[2] The official PFR specification is no longer available, but
+ archive.org has archived it:
- http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec.html
- http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec1.2.pdf
+ https://web.archive.org/web/20091014062300/http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/products/truedoc/pfrspec.html
+ https://web.archive.org/web/20081115152605/http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/pdfs/pfrspec1.3.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)
@@ -161,8 +168,6 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
http://www.etsi.org/
http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=18799
- (free registration required).
-
[3] Support is rudimentary currently; some tables or data are not
loaded yet.
@@ -178,15 +183,15 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
George Williams deduced the font format from the X11 sources and
documented it for his FontForge font editor:
- http://fontforge.github.io/pcf-format.html
+ https://fontforge.github.io/pcf-format.html
[5] This is from MS Windows 3; see Microsoft's Knowledge Base article at
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65123
+ https://support.microsoft.com/kb/65123
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Copyright 2004-2017 by
+Copyright 2004-2018 by
David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
@@ -197,3 +202,7 @@ accept it fully.
--- end of formats.txt ---
+
+Local Variables:
+coding: utf-8
+End: