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Article #3514Re: Why does a font need an Encoding vector?
From: Peter D. Smith
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 22:29
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 22:29
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In article <1990Oct31.225607.10364@phri.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>
> The Red Book says that the Encoding vector is a required item for
>all fonts. Why? Is there some bit of internal PS font machinery that uses
>it? As far as I can tell, it's only used by the font-supplied BuildChar
>routine.
>--
>Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
>455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
>roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu -OR- {att,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy
Well, BBN customers use our software to generate reports, and like to
spell their company's name correctly therein. The normal encoding
vector doesn't have a mechanism to access, for example, E-umlaut.
Even worse, there are several standards for where to place the
non-American characters in an 8-bit alphabet. The HP LaserJet III
lists about *100* character sets built into the printer.
This isn't just theory, BTW. One of the new features in our new
product includes several choices for the Encoding Vector.
Peter D. Smith
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