Fontconfig - Nov 2005 - Patch to recognize PostScript weight "Demi"

On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 11:32, John Stracke wrote:
> I noticed that fontconfig 2.2.1 was reporting the wrong weight for one
> of the fonts I was using ("URW Gothic L Demi Oblique"); when I
dug into
> it, I found that the problem was that the .pfb was declaring its weight
> as "Demi", and fontconfig expected "Demibold".  So I
modified
> fcfreetype.c to recognize "Demi" as a synonym for
"Demibold".  It''s a
> one-liner; the patch is attached.
And here''s an updated patch that also recognizes "Roman"
weight as a
synonym for "Normal".  This comes up in the URW font Century
Schoolbook
L Roman.

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Around 11 o''clock on Feb 16, John Stracke wrote:
> So I modified fcfreetype.c to recognize "Demi" as a synonym for
"Demibold".
> It''s a one-liner; the patch is attached.
Looks like someone got there before you -- ''demi'' is already
recognized in
the code in CVS.

-keith


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Around 12 o''clock on Feb 16, John Stracke wrote:
> And here''s an updated patch that also recognizes "Roman"
weight as a
> synonym for "Normal".  This comes up in the URW font Century
Schoolbook
> L Roman.
Is it "normal" or "medium"?  By default, a name without a
match in the
table will be set to ''medium''.

-keith


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On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 14:52, Keith Packard wrote:
> Around 11 o''clock on Feb 16, John Stracke wrote:
> 
> > So I modified fcfreetype.c to recognize "Demi" as a synonym
for "Demibold".
> > It''s a one-liner; the patch is attached.
> 
> Looks like someone got there before you -- ''demi'' is
already recognized in
> the code in CVS.
Oh, good.
> And here''s an updated patch that also recognizes "Roman"
weight as a
> > synonym for "Normal".  This comes up in the URW font Century
Schoolbook
> > L Roman.
> 
> Is it "normal" or "medium"?  By default, a name without
a match in the
> table will be set to ''medium''.
Mmm, well, I can''t read the mind of the person who created the font;
but
my guess would be "normal".  One of its corresponding fonts is tagged
as
Normal Italic.  Besides, when we''re talking about slants,
"Roman"
basically means "Normal"; I''d expect the same to hold true
for weights.

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I noticed that fontconfig 2.2.1 was reporting the wrong weight for one
of the fonts I was using ("URW Gothic L Demi Oblique"); when I dug
into
it, I found that the problem was that the .pfb was declaring its weight
as "Demi", and fontconfig expected "Demibold".  So I
modified
fcfreetype.c to recognize "Demi" as a synonym for
"Demibold".  It''s a
one-liner; the patch is attached.

I don''t actually know whether "Demi" is a legitimate
PostScript weight,
but the URW fonts seem to be common enough that it''s probably worth
supporting.

Legalese: I hereby renounce copyright on this patch, putting it into the
public domain.

John Stracke
Fran?ois Thibault
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francis@thibault.org
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