[XeTeX] Type 1 fonts in W32 (and Linux) XeTeX

[Jonathan Kew]

On 7 Jul 2006, at 11:36 pm, Akira Kakuto wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
>>>> The character-mapping issue that some have seen is a separate bug,
>>>> not yet fixed.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>> Current situation in XeTeX W32 (svn rev. 294, FreeType 2.2.1):
>>> Bitstream Charter : one two three
>>> Helvetica         : nmd svn sgqdd
>>
>> I have checked-in a set of changes to xdvipdfmx that I believe will
>> correct this problem; at least, it's working so far in my tests.
>
> I've also checked on W32 that the type1 mapping problem was fixed.

OK, good to know that.

> However I encountered an access violation for a sample file.
> The access violation seems to be cured by the following change:

Thanks; yes, I missed that one. (And apparently the C library on  
Linux is more forgiving of the error, but that doesn't excuse it!)

JK