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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Notes
(`*') in the table below.
FreeType can be configured to support Mac files (on older Mac OS
- versions, a `file' is stored as a data and a resource fork, this is,
+ versions, a `file' is stored as a data and a resource fork, that is,
within two separate data chunks). If a file can't be opened as a
font, FreeType then checks whether it is a resource fork, trying to
extract the contained font data from either a `POST' or `sfnt'
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
--- BDF --- --- bdf 5005.BDF_Spec.pdf, X11
- SFNT PS TYPE_1 --- type1 Type 1 GX Font Format
- (for the Mac) [3]
+ SFNT PS TYPE_1 --- type1 Type 1 GX Font Format [7]
+ (for the Mac; not supported)
SFNT PS TYPE_1 CID cid 5180.sfnt.pdf (for the Mac) [3]
SFNT PS CFF --- cff OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf
(`OTTO' format)
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ which isn't supported yet please send a mail too.
[6] Supported font formats are TrueType and OpenType fonts as
defined in the OpenType specification 1.6 and newer.
+[7] `The Type 1 GX Font Format' (dated 1995-09-27) was distributed in
+ Apple Developer CD-ROM in those days. The content of `TYP1' table
+ is a PostScript Type 1 font without the eexec encryption. Current
+ versions of FreeType don't not support this format, but FontForge
+ can load it.
+
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