Re: About TT_MAC_ID_XXX in FT_SfntName

Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:05:36 +0000

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> I'm a programmer and have used FreeType for long time.  I notice
> TT_MAC_ID_MALDIVIAN and TT_MAC_ID_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE have same value
> 25.  Could you please help to confirm this is an error or not?

Yep, this is correct; it is listed as such in the TrueType
specification 1.66 (published by Microsoft in August 1995).  At that
time, there was only a single ID for 'Chinese'.  Later on (I don't
know the exact TrueType version), this was made 'traditional Chinese',
and Maldivian was changed to 'simplified Chinese'.


    Werner