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bug #46006: Style linking

Submitter:  David Lasher <dlasher>
Submitted:  Sun 20 Sep 2015 09:33:55 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  font info Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  installation Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  Stevan_White
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Mon 14 Aug 2017 05:26:09 PM UTC, comment #7: 

Brilliant!  Thanks, David!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Mon 14 Aug 2017 04:39:45 PM UTC, comment #6: 

Yes, your fix is working fine. Thanks!

David Lasher <dlasher>
Sat 12 Aug 2017 09:49:26 PM UTC, comment #5: 

OK I linked a script to the Makefile, which should set the bits that I think should be set.

If you're still with me, please try it out to see if it has the right behavior in Windows.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Sat 12 Aug 2017 09:38:47 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Hi pardon the long wait.
Workin on it, but I'm really confused now.

I looked at it again, and near as I can tell, for FreeSansBoldOblique, both the ITALIC and BOLD bits are in fact set.
(This is very confusing due to endian-ness -- but that's the only reasonable interpretation of what I see.)

BUT the OBLIQUE bit should also be set for this face.

AND dammit, also the USE_TYPO_METRICS bit.  The "Really use typo Metrics" checkbox is set in the UI.  I don't know why this would drop out.

I will write a script to accomplish this.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Sat 09 Jul 2016 01:11:20 PM UTC, comment #3: 

This is something FontForge does.  In the 2012 release at least, it turns the Italic bit off if the name of the font contains "Obli". 

The OpenType standard says of the Italic bit: "Font contains italic or oblique characters, otherwise they are upright." -- the second clause of which is confusing... but the first is pretty clear.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Sat 09 Jul 2016 08:51:48 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Operating system is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

Bug still exists using latest freefont (rev. 3142), built using the latest FontForge (ver. 5-Apr-2016) in a Ubuntu Gnome virtual machine.

David Lasher <dlasher>
Fri 23 Oct 2015 04:28:59 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi David,

I was unaware of this, and I hadn't noticed it in Windows, although tests of italic have been done in the past.  What version of Windows are you using?

If the bit can't be set in FontForge, I can probably rig something up with a script.

It will be a while before I have time to work on it though.

Thanks!


Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Sun 20 Sep 2015 09:33:55 AM UTC, original submission:  

I don't know whether this is a FreeFont or a FontForge issue:

In the development version, the oblique (including bold oblique) styles of FreeMono and FreeSans do not have have correct style linking to their families, at least in Windows. Installing all 4 styles of a family results in only the upright styles being listed in Control Panel, and applications use fake-slanted versions of the upright styles.

I have found that the problem occurs because of an error in the fsSelection entry in the OS/2 table. The oblique bit is set, but the italic bit - which Windows uses for style linking - is not set. Changing that one bit (using the ttx tool in the Adobe AFDKO) produces the correct style links.

David Lasher <dlasher>

 

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