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  • PC Encoding (why some doesn't work?)

    From news@zzo38computer.org.invalid@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 28 16:23:20 2021
    I made a file with the PC encoding:

    /PCEncoding [
    %00
    /.notdef /smileface /invsmileface /heart /diamond /club /spade /bullet
    /invbullet /circle /invcircle /mars /venus /musicalnote /musicalnotedbl /sun
    %10
    /triagrt /triaglf /arrowupdn /exclamdbl /paragraph /section /filledrect /arrowupdnbse
    /arrowup /arrowdown /arrowright /arrowleft /orthogonal /arrowboth /triagup /triagdn
    %20
    /space /exclam /quotedbl /numbersign /dollar /percent /ampersand /quotesingle
    /parenleft /parenright /asterisk /plus /comma /minus /period /slash
    %30
    /zero /one /two /three /four /five /six /seven
    /eight /nine /colon /semicolon /less /equal /greater /question
    %40
    /at /A /B /C /D /E /F /G
    /H /I /J /K /L /M /N /O
    %50
    /P /Q /R /S /T /U /V /W
    /X /Y /Z /bracketleft /backslash /bracketright /asciicircum /underscore
    %60
    /grave /a /b /c /d /e /f /g
    /h /i /j /k /l /m /n /o
    %70
    /p /q /r /s /t /u /v /w
    /x /y /z /braceleft /bar /braceright /asciitilde /house
    %80
    /Ccedilla /udieresis /eacute /acircumflex /adieresis /agrave /aring /ccedilla
    /ecircumflex /edieresis /egrave /idieresis /icircumflex /igrave /Adieresis /Aring
    %90
    /Eacute /ae /AE /ocircumflex /odieresis /ograve /ucircumflex /ugrave
    /ydieresis /Odieresis /Udieresis /cent /sterling /yen /peseta /florin
    %A0
    /aacute /iacute /oacute /uacute /ntilde /Ntilde /ordfeminine /ordmasculine
    /questiondown /logicalnot /logicalnotreversed /onehalf /onequarter /exclamdown /guillemotleft /guillemotright
    %B0
    /ltshade /shade /dkshade /SF110000 /SF090000 /SF190000 /SF200000 /SF210000
    /SF220000 /SF230000 /SF240000 /SF250000 /SF260000 /SF270000 /SF280000 /SF030000
    %C0
    /SF020000 /SF070000 /SF060000 /SF080000 /SF100000 /SF050000 /SF360000 /SF370000
    /SF380000 /SF390000 /SF400000 /SF410000 /SF420000 /SF430000 /SF440000 /SF450000
    %D0
    /SF460000 /SF470000 /SF480000 /SF490000 /SF500000 /SF510000 /SF520000 /SF530000
    /SF540000 /SF040000 /SF010000 /block /dnblock /lfblock /rtblock /upblock
    %E0
    /alpha /beta /Gamma /pi /Sigma /sigma /mu /tau
    /Phi /Theta /Omega /delta /infinity /phi /element /intersection
    %F0
    /equivalence /plusminus /greaterequal /lessequal /integraltop /integralbottom /divide /approxequal
    /degree /bulletoperator /middot /radical /nsuperior /twosuperior /blacksquare /nbspace
    ] readonly /Encoding defineresource pop

    However, some characters doesn't work:
    /venus /Omega /bulletoperator /middot /blacksquare

    Why it doesn't work? Did I put it in wrong, or is it not implemented in
    the font? The font I used is "NimbusMonoPS-Regular" font in Ghostscript,
    which is aliased as "Courier".

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  • From ken@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 29 07:51:04 2021
    In article <1627514187.bystand@zzo38computer.org>, news@zzo38computer.org.invalid says...

    I made a file with the PC encoding:
    ...
    However, some characters doesn't work:
    /venus /Omega /bulletoperator /middot /blacksquare

    Why it doesn't work?

    Have you checked the font to see if it contains glyph descriptiosn
    identified with those names ?

    Did I put it in wrong, or is it not implemented in
    the font?

    Since these are unusual glyphs, almost certainly the font doesn't
    contain them.

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  • From news@zzo38computer.org.invalid@21:1/5 to ken on Thu Jul 29 09:15:16 2021
    ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Have you checked the font to see if it contains glyph descriptiosn
    identified with those names ?

    It look like it doesn't include these names. (All of the other glyphs I specified in the PCEncoding are working, though.)

    Since these are unusual glyphs, almost certainly the font doesn't
    contain them.

    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for PC Encoding? If they are the glyphs that this font does not include, which
    font does have it, and does Ghostscript include it? (And if not, should Ghostscript include it?)

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  • From Rod Dorman@21:1/5 to news@zzo38computer.org.invalid on Thu Jul 29 18:44:01 2021
    In article <1627574054.bystand@zzo38computer.org>,
    <news@zzo38computer.org.invalid> wrote:
    ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Have you checked the font to see if it contains glyph descriptiosn
    identified with those names ?

    It look like it doesn't include these names. (All of the other glyphs I >specified in the PCEncoding are working, though.)

    Since these are unusual glyphs, almost certainly the font doesn't
    contain them.

    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for PC >Encoding? If they are the glyphs that this font does not include, which
    font does have it, and does Ghostscript include it? (And if not, should >Ghostscript include it?)

    What do you mean by "PC encoding"?

    If you want to see what glyph names a font has defined look in its
    .AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) file

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  • From ken@21:1/5 to As Rod on Fri Jul 30 07:53:26 2021
    In article <1627574054.bystand@zzo38computer.org>, news@zzo38computer.org.invalid says...

    It look like it doesn't include these names.

    Well, there you go then.

    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for
    PC
    Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?


    If they are the glyphs that this font does not include, which
    font does have it,

    I have no clue. If you want to use those glyphs then it's up to you to
    source a font which includes them.


    and does Ghostscript include it?

    You say yourself that the font (not Ghostsceript, Ghostscript is not a
    font) does not include these.


    (And if not, should Ghostscript include it?)

    Fonts are not required to include every glyph shape known to mankind, so
    no there is no reason why the fonts used by Ghostscript should include
    them.

    You can, of course, use a different font.

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  • From news@zzo38computer.org.invalid@21:1/5 to ken on Fri Jul 30 09:44:46 2021
    ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for
    PC Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?

    I mean the characters of IBM PC.

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  • From Rod Dorman@21:1/5 to news@zzo38computer.org.invalid on Fri Jul 30 17:49:56 2021
    In article <1627662951.bystand@zzo38computer.org>,
    <news@zzo38computer.org.invalid> wrote:
    ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for
    PC Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?

    I mean the characters of IBM PC.

    With which code page?

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    rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com

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  • From news@zzo38computer.org.invalid@21:1/5 to Rod Dorman on Fri Jul 30 13:46:58 2021
    rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman) wrote:

    In article <1627662951.bystand@zzo38computer.org>,
    <news@zzo38computer.org.invalid> wrote:
    ken <ken@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for
    PC Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?

    I mean the characters of IBM PC.

    With which code page?

    Code page 437.

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  • From John Reiser@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 31 10:30:10 2021
    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for >>>>> PC Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?

    I mean the characters of IBM PC.

    With which code page?

    Code page 437.

    The page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437
    lists corresponding Unicode code points (numeric values, in hex.)
    Pages such as https://unicodemap.org/details/0x255D/index.html
    give names, such as "Double Up and Left" for 0xBC ==> 0x255D.

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  • From luser droog@21:1/5 to ne...@zzo38computer.org.invalid on Wed Aug 4 23:07:07 2021
    On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 3:44:58 PM UTC-5, ne...@zzo38computer.org.invalid wrote:
    ro...@panix.com (Rod Dorman) wrote:

    In article <162766295...@zzo38computer.org>, <ne...@zzo38computer.org.invalid> wrote:
    ken <k...@spamcop.net> wrote:
    Would you be able to tell me then what is the proper glyph names for >> > PC Encoding?

    As Rod says, what exactly do you mean by 'PC Encoding' ?

    I mean the characters of IBM PC.

    With which code page?
    Code page 437.
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    I have a Type 3 font of Code Page 437. It just uses a fixed bitmap. http://web.archive.org/web/20160404161535/https://code.google.com/p/xpost/downloads/detail?name=cp437.ps&can=2&q=

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