On 2009/01/14 14:23 (GMT+0100) Carlos E. R. composed:
On Wednesday, 2009-01-14 at 07:46 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
TTF files are executables too. FON files are Windows bitmap fonts.
No, they are not executable.
TTF files include programs (sets of instructions) that generate glyphs and hinting, thus are executable. That you cannot run them from a shell prompt doesn't change that character. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/TTCH01.htm
Maybe...
Not maybe. Did you read the link? They are executable code that happens to require a special type of interpreter to execute.
...they should not have the executable flag in linux.
True, though it doesn't hurt anything if they do. ;-) -- "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org