[request] Font's name reader

[Ran_TH]

I wondering if there is an extension that can reads the font name. Is there any?

[Jaffob]

I don't understand. Read the font name of what?

[Dines]

Psuedocode time!!

Load any .ttf file in a Binary Extension (Binary Object, or maybe Binary Array object) and then follow these instructions:

//Find out how many tables there are in the file.
  Set Pointer to '4' 
  "Number of tables" = Get Unsigned Short

//Move to the list of contents
  Set Pointer to '12'

//Scan each line in the list of contents
//trying to find the 'Names Table'
LOOP 'Number of tables' times
 {
   "Table ID" = Get ASCII String, 4 bytes long

   Advance Pointer by '8'
   "Table Location" = Get Unsigned Long

   Advance Pointer by '4'
   "Table Length" = Get Unsigned Long

   Advance Pointer by '4'

   IF ("Table ID" == "name")
   { Then: Stop loop } //Once the Name Table has been found, stop the search loop.
 }


//Read the Name Table
  Set Pointer to 'Table Location'
  Advance Pointer by '2'
  "Number of Strings" = Get Unsigned Short
  Advance Pointer by '2'
  "Offset to String Def" = Get Unisgned Short
  Advance Pointer by '4'

LOOP 'Number of Strings' times
 {
   Advance Pointer by '6'
   "String Type" = Get Unsigned Short
   Advance Pointer by '2'
   "String Length" = Get Unsigned Short
   Advance Pointer by '2'
   "String Offset" = Get Unsigned Short

   IF ("String Type" == '1')
   { Then: Stop loop } //Once the name string is found, stop the search loop.
 }

//Read the name
  Set Pointer to 'Offset to String Def'
  Advance Pointer by 'String Offset'
  "Font Name" = Get ASCII String, 'String Length' bytes long

RETURN "Font Name"

And that's it. It's doable in MMF2 with a binary extension, or you may be able to get some kind person to convert this into C code and build an extension out of it.

[Dines]

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