[Bug 695] New - Add support for .fon files using FreeType

[wine-bugs at winehq.com]

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695

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+ | Add support for .fon files using FreeType                                  |
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+ |        Bug #: 695                         Product: Wine                    |
+ |       Status: UNCONFIRMED                 Version: unspecified             |
+ |   Resolution:                            Platform:                         |
+ |     Severity: normal                   OS/Version: All                     |
+ |     Priority: P1                        Component: wine-gdi                |
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+ |  Assigned To: wine-bugs at winehq.com                                         |
+ |  Reported By: fgouget at codeweavers.com                                      |
+ |      CC list: Cc:                                                          |
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+ |    Milestone: TargetMilestone: ---                                         |
+ |          URL:                                                              |
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+ |                              DESCRIPTION                                   |
+ Rationale:
+ FreeType supports .fon files but not Wine. This means that a Windows application
+ cannot just drop a .fon file in c:\Windows\Fonts and expect it to work like on
+ Windows. Instead the Wine user has to marshall the
+ font, copy it to the right X font server directory, restart the font server,
+ etc. in addition to that, currently if Wine is using FreeType it will not even
+ try to use X fonts so this .fon file will be ignored anyway.
+ So Wine's FreeType support should be extended to also support .fon files.
+ 
+ Huw adds:
+ We have to have the apis GetGlyphOutline and GetOutlineTextMetrics return
+ something sensible.  Actually maybe GetOutlineTextMetrics should just fail.  Not
+ sure how hard it is to get the metrics for GetTextMetrics correct.
+ 
+ We also get support for .pcf/.bdf's almost for free if we get .fon's working.
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