[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 604793] New: [PATCH] Correct Font Information for MS Symbol encoding
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Summary: [PATCH] Correct Font Information for MS Symbol encoding
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604793
Summary: [PATCH] Correct Font Information for MS Symbol
encoding
Product: Fedora
Version: 13
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: medium
Priority: low
Component: fontmatrix
AssignedTo: pnemade(a)redhat.com
ReportedBy: paul(a)frixxon.co.uk
QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: pnemade(a)redhat.com, i18n-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Classification: Fedora
Created an attachment (id=424544)
--> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=424544)
Patch to correct the display of name records (same as upstream)
Description of problem:
For fonts that have the name table encoding as MS Symbol (platform 3, encoding
0), Fontmatrix currently displays the string "Here, imagine some nice symbols!"
for all name records, because the specifications don't seem to say how the name
recs are encoded.
I created a patch to fix this six months ago and submitted it upstream, as bug
14897 <http://gna.org/bugs/?14897>, but upstream development seems rather
sluggish, so I'd like to recommend this patch for Fedora's package in advance
of acceptance upstream.
The patch changes Fontmatrix to interpret the name record encoding as UTF-16BE.
I produced the patch against Subversion revision 1088, but I have just tested
it against r1073 included in Fedora and it works.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fontmatrix-0.6.99-4.r1073.fc13
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Import a dingbat font into Fontmatrix.
2. Go to the Font Information tab.
Actual results:
For fonts that have "MS Symbol" listed alongside "Charmaps List", all other
name records will say "Here, imagine some nice symbols!" instead of showing
real information.
Expected results:
Dingbat fonts have proper information in the name records, but Fontmatrix
doesn't know how to display it.
Additional info:
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