[NUT-devel] [nut]: r581 - docs/nut.txt

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:01:13PM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 05:49:24PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> >> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 11:40:58PM +0100, michael wrote:
> >>>      "UsesFont"
> >>>          "Times New Roman", "Arial", ... FIXME should we use the filename
> >>>          instead? is there some other unique way to identify fonts?
> >> Unrelated to this commit, but regarding fonts, FYI there is a unique
> >> identifier inside TrueType/OpenType fonts, usually generated randomly
> >> by the software writing the font. However font names may be adequate.
> > 
> > hmm, so "Arial" on win32 will have a different one than on macos ?
> > 
> 
> Pretty much, still would be better use the font family so people with
> saner replacements can use their superior fonts instead the ugly ones...

I doubt a subtitle decoder will use a tag from the container to decide
which font(s) to use. The tag is more intended to keep track of dependancies
without having to look into codec specific data.

Like for example in the case of an application deciding what fonts to include
in an uploaded file.

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