(mgp-users 00386) Re: Some magic point questions/comments/bugs

[Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>]

>Note the top line says its finding my ttf shared library.
>Also, `mgp -V icip2000.mgp' returns
>      trying to open font "/opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/arial.ttf"
>      font "/opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/arial.ttf" opened successfully
>      trying to open font "GOTHIC.TTF"
>      trying to open font "/opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/GOTHIC.TTF"
>      font "/opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/GOTHIC.TTF" opened successfully
>      2 charmaps for font /opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/GOTHIC.TTF code 0049
>      2 charmaps for font /opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/GOTHIC.TTF code 006d
>      2 charmaps for font /opt/deanm/win/windows/fonts/GOTHIC.TTF code 0070
>with lots more lines like this.  It finds every font I use
>(because I only use fonts that I know I have :-).  But the
>rendering is poor on several of them even though they render
>perfectly with the native Freetype renderer used by `ftview'.

	and did you see mgp actually use MTCORSVA.TTF?  the above quote uses
	GOTHIC.TTF.

>Note these are microscoft ttf fonts from the windows 98/Office 2000
>distribution.  If you like, I can supply you with the particular
>fonts that render poorly as well as a screen dump so you can
>see for yourself.  Let me know.

	could you send that font privately?  (i'll remove the font after
	testing)

tojun