[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #3416: cups with ttf-mscorefonts does not print capital Й

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Thu Nov 12 12:03:10 PST 2009


On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Sergey wrote:
> Michael Sweet write:
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>> [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
>>
>> Since CUPS isn't n the font rendering business, this can't be a  
>> CUPS issue.
>> More than likely the font in question is missing that glyph...
>>
>> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3416
>> Version: 1.4.2
>> Fix Version: Third-party
>>
>
> Dear Michael!
>
> However, the reverse replacement cups 1.4.2. on cups 1.3.11 (in Ubuntu
> Linux 9.10) solves this problem. Conclusion: The error still in the  
> cups.


Correlation != causation.  CUPS does not include font embedding or  
font rendering code, nor does it strip fonts that are embedded by  
applications.  Ubuntu, however, *does* do font embedding and font  
rendering in several places and has made major changes to the included  
filters.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer







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