AHG kick-off (was RE: [mpeg-OTspec] RE: Updates to script and language tags) [1 Attachment] -- ps name limit

[Bob Hallissy]

On 2013-02-04 at 10:43 Levantovsky, Vladimir wrote:
> I also would like to remind all that we are targeting the next meeting 
> dates (April 22-26) as a tentative deadline to promote the new edition 
> of the spec to the next stage (it has been in the working draft stage 
> for a year now)

Greetings, Vladimir.

Given the lack of opposing replies, and Dave Opstad's positive reply, I 
request that, in the description of 'post' table format 2.0, the text:

> This TrueType-based font file contains glyphs not in the standard 
> Macintosh set or the ordering of the glyphs in the TrueType font file 
> is non-standard (again, for the Macintosh). The glyph name array maps 
> the glyphs in this font to name index. If the name index is between 0 
> and 257, treat the name index as a glyph index in the Macintosh 
> standard order. If the name index is between 258 and 32767, then 
> subtract 258 and use that to index into the list of Pascal strings at 
> the end of the table. Thus a given font may map some of its glyphs to 
> the standard glyph names, and some to its own names.
> Index numbers 32768 through 65535 are reserved for future use. If you 
> do not want to associate a PostScript name with a particular glyph, 
> use index number 0 which points the name .notdef.

be replaced by:

> This TrueType-based font file contains glyphs not in the standard 
> Macintosh set or the ordering of the glyphs in the TrueType font file 
> is non-standard (again, for the Macintosh). The glyph name array maps 
> the glyphs in this font to name index. If the name index is between 0 
> and 257, treat the name index as a glyph index in the Macintosh 
> standard order. If the name index is between 258 and 65535, then 
> subtract 258 and use that to index into the list of Pascal strings at 
> the end of the table. Thus a given font may map some of its glyphs to 
> the standard glyph names, and some to its own names.
> If you do not want to associate a PostScript name with a particular 
> glyph, use index number 0 which points the name .notdef.

and that this change be incorporated into the current draft prior to the 
April 22-26 meeting.

Thanks,

Bob Hallissy

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