Character Descriptor and Data Format for Intellifont Scalable Fonts

The character header contains a block of bytes that identify character outline data. Table 11-40 and Table 11-41 show the format of the Intellifont scalable character descriptor and data

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Table 11-40 Intellifont Scalable Character Descriptor and Data Format

Byte

15 (MSB)

8

7

(LSB) 0

 

 

 

 

 

0

Format (10)

 

Continuation (0)1

 

2

Descriptor Size

 

Class (3)

 

 

 

 

 

4

Contour Character Data: (in bytes)

 

 

￿￿￿￿

see Table 11-41 for Contour Character Data

 

 

 

 

 

#–2

Reserved (0)

 

Checksum2

 

1.Continuation is supported for classes 1, 2, 3 and 15 only.

2.These bytes appear only on the last continuation.

Table 11-41 Intellifont Scalable Contour Data Format

Byte

15 (MSB)

8

7

(LSB) 0

 

 

 

 

 

4

Contour Data Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Metric Data Offset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Character Intellifont

 

 

 

 

Data Offset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Contour Tree Offset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

XY Data Offset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Metric Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿￿￿

 

 

 

 

Character Intellifont Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿￿￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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