Re: gdi32: pOS2->xAvgCharWidth can be negative however tmAvgCharWidth needs a positive value

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

Aric Stewart  wrote:
> Windows response appears to not allow the user to install the fonts at 
> all.  It reports any of the fonts I have which have negative OS/2 
> xAveCharWidth as invalid fonts when I try to install them.
>
> This blocks out a few of the main Mac UI fonts.
>
> -aric
>
> On 2/20/12 10:49 PM, Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
> > Aric Stewart  wrote:
> > > - TM.tmAveCharWidth = (pFT_MulFix(pOS2->xAvgCharWidth, x_scale) + 32)>>  6;
> > > - TM.tmAveCharWidth = (pFT_MulFix(abs(pOS2->xAvgCharWidth), x_scale) + 32)>>  6;
> >
> > Did you test what Windows does in that case?

So, what Mac does in that case? Why do you think that your fix is correct?