[patch] SDL_ttf shall load font charmap if present (fixes Webdings and possibly eastern fonts display)

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Here’s a patch which loads embedded font Unicode charmap. It enables
all Unicode glyphs in symbol or eastern fonts.
Without this patch FT uses only default (Latin1 + accented characters)
Unicode charmap which misses many font glyphs, i.e. for Webdings there
are absolutely no glyphs found without this patch.

Patch attached below,

Have fun,–
Adam Strzelecki | nanoant.com
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I made a couple slight tweaks (pick the first matching charmap, don’t
bail if setting the charmap fails, etc.), and applied your patch.

Thanks!On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Adam Strzelecki wrote:

Here’s a patch which loads embedded font Unicode charmap. It enables all
Unicode glyphs in symbol or eastern fonts.
Without this patch FT uses only default (Latin1 + accented characters)
Unicode charmap which misses many font glyphs, i.e. for Webdings there are
absolutely no glyphs found without this patch.

Patch attached below,

Have fun,

Adam Strzelecki | nanoant.com

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