Eliminate need to reference cache object once per cached font, instead
just count the number of fonts used from the cache and bump the reference
count once by that amount. I think this makes this refernece technique
efficient enough for use.
Caches contain patterns and character sets which are reference counted and
visible to applications. Reference count the underlying cache object so that
it stays around until all reference objects are no longer in use.
This is less efficient than just leaving all caches around forever, but does
avoid eternal size increases in case applications ever bother to actually
look for changes in the font configuration.
Without reference counting on cache objects, there's no way to know when
an application is finished using objects pulled from the cache. Until some
kinf of cache reference counting can be done, leave all cache objects mapped
for the life of the library (until FcFini is called). To mitigate the cost
of this, ensure that each instance of a cache file is mapped only once.
Borrowing header stuff written for cairo, fontconfig now exposes in the
shared library only the symbols which are included in the public header
files. All private symbols are hidden using suitable compiler directives.
A few new public functions were required for the fontconfig utility programs
(fc-cat and fc-cache) so those were added, bumping the .so minor version number
in the process.
The Delicious family includes one named Delicious Heavy, a bold variant
which is unfortunately marked as having normal weight. Because the family
name is 'Delicious', fontconfig accidentally selects this font instead of
the normal weight variant. The fix here rewrites the scanned data by running
the scanned pattern through a new substitution sequence tagged with
<match target=scan>; a sample for the Delicious family is included to
demonstrate how it works (and fix Delicious at the same time).
Also added was a new match predicate -- the 'decorative' predicate which is
automatically detected in fonts by searching style names for key decorative
phrases like SmallCaps, Shadow, Embosed and Antiqua. Suggestions for
additional decorative key words are welcome. This should have little effect
on font matching except when two fonts share the same characteristics except
for this value.
Use the version number inside the cache file to mark backward compatible
changes while continuing to reserve the filename number for incompatible
changes.
Instead of making filename canonicalization occur in multiple places, it
occurs only in FcStrAddFilename now, as all filenames pass through that
function at one point.
The FreeSans, FreeSerif and FreeMono fonts cover a large number of
languages, but are of generally poor quality. Moving these after fonts which
cover specific languages but which have higher quality glyphs should improve
font selection.
Limited FC_DEBUG documentation (just shows values and vague idea of what
they're related to). Also document \ escape syntax for font names, including
how family name and values have different escape requirements.
Many Japanese fonts incorrectly include names tagged as Roman encoding and
English language which are actually Japanese names in the SJIS encoding.
Guess that names with a large number of high bits set are SJIS encoded
Japanese names rather than English names.
DejaVu is a modified version of Bitstream Vera that covers significantly
more languages, but does so with spotty quality, lacking hinting for many
glyphs, especially for the synthesized serif oblique face. Use Bitstream
Vera (where installed).
A pattern specifying 'Chinese' (:lang=zh) without a territory should be
satisfied by any font supporting any Chinese lang. The code was requiring
that the lang tags match exactly, causing this sort to fail.
From Abel Cheung:
Currently zh_mo.orth includes zh_tw.orth, which means it is assumed Macau
only uses traditional Chinese characters used in Taiwan; however that is
wrong, as a majority of Macau people speaks Cantonese too, and also uses
additional traditional Chinese chars from Hong Kong (there are already some
place names that can't be represented in just chars used in Taiwan). So it
should include zh_hk.orth instead.
Within a fontset, the patterns are stored as pointers in an array.
When stored as offsets, the offsets are relative to the fontset object
itself, not the base of the array of pointers.
Charset freezer api now uses allocated object. Also required minor fixes to
charset freezer code to remove assumption that all input charsets are
persistant.
Instead of passing directory information around in separate variables,
collect it all in an FcCache structure. Numerous internal and tool
interfaces changed as a result of this.
Charsets are now pre-frozen before being serialized. This causes them to
share across multiple fonts in the same cache.
Keith Packard
James Cloos