Re: About TT_MAC_ID_XXX in FT_SfntName

Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:19:35 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.fonts.freetype.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Ok, Maldivian and Chinese are different countries.

Indeed.  I have no idea about the background; the number of possible
script manager codes was obviously limited to five bits (i.e., 32
values), so I guess Apple considered it more important to have an
separate entry for simplified Chinese (more than one billion
speakers), thus 'sacrificing' Maldivian (around 500k speakers).

> Maybe remove TT_MAC_ID_MALDIVIAN is a good idea.

Certainly not.  It doesn't do any harm to have this constant.


     Werner