[XeTeX] Problem with Unicode 01F01B

[Khaled Hosny]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:11:04PM +0100, Pander wrote:
> On 2012-12-17 19:04, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 06:47:19PM +0100, Pander wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am getting errors with XeLaTeX for Unicodes 01f01b up to 01f030.
> >> Attached is a test that fails and results in:
> >>
> >> ** ERROR ** Type2 Charstring Parser: Parsing charstring failed:
> >> (status=-2, stack=48)
> >>
> >> Output file removed.
> >>  )
> >> Error 256 (driver return code) generating output;
> >> file test.pdf may not be valid.
> >>
> >> Strange thing is that 01f01a is processed correctly and beyond 01f030
> >> also. I have asked the maintainer of GNU FreeFonts to test this but he
> >> cannot reproduce this problem. Can any of you?
> >>
> >> I am using latest TeX Live and latest GNU FreeFonts.
> > 
> > Runs fine here, but this sounds like a font-related xdvipdfmx error.
> > 
> > Try running:
> > 
> >   xelatex --no-pdf test
> 
> xelatex --no-pdf test
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./test.tex
> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
> ...
> [1] (./test.aux) )
> Output written on test.xdv (1 page, 660 bytes).
> Transcript written on test.log.
> 
> >   xdvipdfmx -v test
> 
> xdvipdfmx -v test
> <FONTMAP:pdftex.map><FONTMAP:kanjix.map><FONTMAP:ckx.map>
> ** ERROR ** Could not open specified DVI (or XDV) file: test
> 
> Output file removed.

My bad, use
  xdvipdfmx -v test.xdv

(note the extension, sorry I didn't realize that TL version does not
auto-look for .xdv files).

> > and check which font file is causing the error.
> 
> Eeeuh, I am trying to use FreeSerif. I only use OTF and TTF fonts.

I need the exact same file to try it myself, so once you find the
culprit please send it to me (together with the XDV file).

Regards,
Khaled