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Article #668Why Windows 3.1 blocks out upper ASCII chars - Message2.
From: desikacharyk
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:49
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:49
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Hello,
Earlier I asked why Windows 3.1 blocks out some of the characters in
the 128-255 range of a 8 bit coded font when I port it from Mac to Windows.
I got an excellent explanation from Berthold Horn (Thank you Berthold!) and
some tips on how I can edit PFB files from Henry Churchyard (Thank you Henry!).
Here I list exactly the characters in Mac's Font that are blocked out by
Windows (I have all the slots from 128-255 populated, except for the code 202,
which corresponds to nonblank space char on Mac).
Code Char Name Code Char Name Code Char Name Code Char Name
128 Adieresis 154 odieresis 185 pi 222 fi
129 Aring 157 ugrave 188 ordamasculine 240 apple
138 adieresis 158 ucircumflex 189 Omega 253 hungarumlaut
141 ccedilla 160 dagger 190 ae 254 ogonek
142 eacute 166 paragraph 208 endash
143 egrave 178 lessequal 215 lozenge
144 ecircumflex 179 greaterequal 221 guilsingright
The above chars are all blocked out by Windows 3.1. Windows 3.0 blocks
out the followinfg 4 additional chars:
Code Char Name Code Char Name Code Char Name Code Char Name
136 agrave 152 ograve 173 notequal 175 Oslash
Since the same chars are blocked whether I port Type 1 PS or
TrueType fonts, I am assuming that Windows is using the same Font Encoding
Vector in both cases. So, in order to see all the chars in my font, I should
be able to tell MS Windows to use Font's internal encoding vector instead of
the Windows ANSI encoding vector. I am not clear if editing PFB files as
suggested by Henry Churchyard will achieve this, because I cannot control
which encoding vector is used by Windows. Any thoughts if this is achievable
are gretefully acknowledged.
Regards,
K.Desikachary,
AECL Research.
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