[gs-cvs] rev 8487 - trunk/gs/lib

[alexcher at ghostscript.com]

Author: alexcher
Date: 2008-01-16 19:16:02 -0800 (Wed, 16 Jan 2008)
New Revision: 8487

Modified:
   trunk/gs/lib/Fontmap.GS
Log:
Comment-only change: remove obsolete reference to MS-DOS limitations and 
mention that PDF interpreter passes un-escaped font names to PS level.
Bug 689651.


Modified: trunk/gs/lib/Fontmap.GS
===================================================================
--- trunk/gs/lib/Fontmap.GS	2008-01-17 03:12:45 UTC (rev 8486)
+++ trunk/gs/lib/Fontmap.GS	2008-01-17 03:16:02 UTC (rev 8487)
@@ -46,18 +46,16 @@
 %
 %	- At least one space or tab, and a terminating semicolon.
 
-% Because of limitations in the MS-DOS environment, Ghostscript font
-% file names must be no more than 8 characters long, must consist only
-% of LOWER CASE letters, digits, and underscores, and must start with a
-% letter.  Font names, on the other hand, need only obey the syntax of
-% names in the Ghostscript language, which is much more liberal.
-
-% The following table is actually a Ghostscript data structure.
+% The following table is executed as a PostScript file.
 % If you add new entries, be sure to copy the punctuation accurately;
 % in particular, you must leave at least one space or tab between each
 % field in the entry.  Also, please read fonts.doc for important information
 % about font names.
 
+% PDF interpreter evaluates hexadecimal escapes in PDF font names before
+% looking up the font. When the resulting name cannot be represented using
+% PostScript name syntax, the string can be used instead of the name.
+
 % Note that .pfa and .pfb fonts are compatible with Adobe Type Manager
 % and other programs that don't include full PostScript interpreters,
 % as well as with PostScript interpreters; .gsf fonts are compatible with