Get specific platform name entry

[guidoferreyra]

Hi! I want to get the string associated with the Mac Entry id 2?

I tried different things but I dont get it.

getNameTableString() only returns Win entries?

[bsweeney]

If you're still interested in this can you clarify what you want to retrieve?

[lslqtz]

I just discovered this problem. By modifying it and adding other key information, I got what I needed.

I've modified these functions below so that you can get a more specific message and use your own judgment to suit your needs. This change improves flexibility, but also increases the complexity for users.

In addition, I also tried to support automatic encoding detection under mac fonts.

https://github.com/lslqtz/php-font-lib/commit/cc1a5a813887bcd8d265cc63c48bde8f2225c863

The most common combinations tend to be the following:

Mac (1,0,0,1) Font Family: FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK
Mac (1,0,0,2) Font Subfamily: Regular
Mac (1,0,0,3) Unique Identifier: Founder:FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK	Regular
Mac (1,0,0,4) Full Name: FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK
Mac (1,0,0,5) Version: 1.00
Mac (1,0,0,6) PostScript Name: FZLANTY_ZHONGK--GBK1-0

Microsoft (3,1,1033,1) Font Family: FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK
Microsoft (3,1,1033,2) Font Subfamily: Regular
Microsoft (3,1,1033,3) Unique Identifier: Founder:FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK	Regular
Microsoft (3,1,1033,4) Full Name: FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK
Microsoft (3,1,1033,5) Version: 1.00

2052: Language ID
Microsoft (3,1,1033,6) PostScript Name: FZLANTY_ZHONGK--GBK1-0
Microsoft (3,1,2052,1) Font Family: 方正兰亭圆_GBK_中
Microsoft (3,1,2052,2) Font Subfamily: Regular
Microsoft (3,1,2052,3) Unique Identifier: Founder:方正兰亭圆_GBK_中	Regular
Microsoft (3,1,2052,4) Full Name: 方正兰亭圆_GBK_中

(BTW: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/font is a good program. Its info tool can list the raw data in detail, which is helpful for your debugging.)

Specifically:

  ["3,1,1033,4"]=>
  object(FontLib\Table\Type\nameRecord)#43 (9) {
    ["f":protected]=>
    NULL
    ["platformID"]=>
    int(3)
    ["platformSpecificID"]=>
    int(1)
    ["languageID"]=>
    int(1033)
    ["nameID"]=>
    int(4)
    ["length"]=>
    int(40)
    ["offset"]=>
    int(675)
    ["string"]=>
    string(20) "FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK"
    ["stringRaw"]=>
    string(40) "FZLanTingYuan-DB-GBK"
  }

If I don't modify it, it just discards/overwrites this information.

function getFontCopyright($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontName($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontSubfamily($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontSubfamilyID($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontFullName($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontVersion($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)
function getFontPostscriptName($platformID, $platformSpecificID, $languageID)

Usage like this:

				if ($font->getFontName(3,1,2052) !== null) {
					$fontsInfoArr[] = [$font->getFontName(3,1,2052), $font->getFontFullName(3,1,2052), $font->getFontPostscriptName(3,1,2052), $font->getFontSubfamily(3,1,2052)];
				}
				if ($font->getFontName(3,1,1033) !== null) {
					$fontsInfoArr[] = [$font->getFontName(3,1,1033), $font->getFontFullName(3,1,1033), $font->getFontPostscriptName(3,1,1033), $font->getFontSubfamily(3,1,1033)];
				}

[bsweeney]

@lslqtz feel free to submit a PR with those changes. Happy to review and include in a future release.

[lslqtz]

@lslqtz feel free to submit a PR with those changes. Happy to review and include in a future release.

I'm using a very simple modification, so I'm not sure I can guarantee its backwards compatibility, especially since I don't fully analyze and understand its replacement behavior. But this modification did solve my problem, so I posted these usages and cases in issues that may be similar.

Since these new parameters are required in my modification, it may become a breaking change.

(Another problem is that I only modified the TrueType function, which may lead to inconsistent usage between different font type)

[bsweeney]

Thank you for the follow up. I'll review your changes and see how we can adapt them.

Also, if you have any sample fonts for testing that would be great.