Re: FontBBox in Font Dictionaries

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From: Glenn Reid
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 1990 00:24

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In article <AAS.90Aug10102803@boeygen.nr.no> aas@boeygen.nr.no (Gisle Aas) writes:
>I can not see that the definition of FontBBox in the Red book says
>that it should be an executable array.  IMHO it ought to be a literal
>array.

I have to agree with you there.

>Perhaps the PS-books should be fixed to match the implementation, or
>vica versa.

Since the installed base of fonts is a lot larger than the installed
base of either Red Books or people who care about executable arrays,
I would guess that the book ought to make this a little clearer.

/Glenn

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From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
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Subject: Re: FontBBox in Font Dictionaries
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Date: 11 Aug 90 00:24:30 GMT
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