[XeTeX] problem with a font (again)

[Pablo Rodríguez]

Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 16 May 2008, at 10:43 pm, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> 
>> [Two weeks ago I sent this messge to the list, but I got no reply.]
>>
>> Using a the Army font (http://www.dafont.com/army.font) with the
>> xdvipdfmx contained in TL 2007 gives me the following error message:
>>
>> DVI Comment:  XeTeX output 2008.04.30:1718
>> a.xdv -> a.pdf
>> <AGL:texglyphlist.txt>[1<Army(Army:Regular)@9.96pt<NATIVE- 
>> FONTMAP:Army/H>
>> fontmap: Army/H -> /usr/share/fonts/drakfont/otf/Army.ttf(Identity-H)
>>
>> pdf_font>> Input encoding "Identity-H" requires at least 2 bytes.
>> pdf_font>> The -m <00> option will be assumed for
>> "/usr/share/fonts/drakfont/otf/Army.ttf".
>>
>> ** ERROR ** sfnt: Freetype failure...
>>
>> FreeType is 2.3.5. I remember that I was able to use this font with
>> previous versions of xdvipdfmx (and xetex). Is this a bug in  
>> xdvipdfmx?
> 
> Probably.
> 
>> If so, has it been fixed in the devel version?
> 
> I just tried this font, and it works for me with the current version.
> 
> If you're able to build from current http://scripts.sil.org/svn- 
> public/xetex/TRUNK sources and confirm whether it also works on your  
> platform, that would be good.

Thanks for your reply, Jonathan.

I'll try to compile the latest devel version to check whether it works.


Pablo