Font problem on Japanese version of ReactOS

[tsk]

I made Japanese version of ReactOS.

Following is all that I have done.
1) add jpn.nls to \lib\kernel32\nls\
2) modify \lib\kernel32\locale_rc.rc
3) add Japanese font to \media\fonts\
4) add next line to \bootdata\hivesft.inf
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SysFontSubstitutes","MS UI Gothic",0x0000

0000,"FontName"
5) add next line to \bootdata\packages\reactos.dff
media\fonts\FontName.ttf                3
6) modify locale settings at \bootdata\hivesft.inf and hivesys.inf
HKCU,"Control Panel\International","Locale",0x00000000,"0411"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","Default",0x00000000,"0411"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","InstallLanguage",0x00000000,"0411"

Now please look at these screenshots.
http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/081.png
http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/082.png

The former uses mona
 http://monafont.sourceforge.net/index-e.html
The latter uses mplus
 http://www.kaoriya.net/#BDFM+

I'm very sad...
Is ReactOS able to handle Japanese font properly?

[WaxDragon]

Actually, that looks very much like the SBIT problem wierd_w has been
talking about..

On 12 Oct 2005 14:03:18 +0900, tsk [e-mail] wrote:
> I made Japanese version of ReactOS.
>
> Following is all that I have done.
> add jpn.nls to \lib\kernel32\nls\
> modify \lib\kernel32\locale_rc.rc
> add Japanese font to \media\fonts\
> add next line to \bootdata\hivesft.inf
>
> HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SysFontSubstitutes","MS UI Gothic",0x0000
>
> 0000,"FontName"
> 5) add next line to \bootdata\packages\reactos.dff
> media\fonts\FontName.ttf                3
> 6) modify locale settings at \bootdata\hivesft.inf and hivesys.inf
> HKCU,"Control Panel\International","Locale",0x00000000,"0411"
> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","Default",0x00000000,"0411"
> HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","InstallLanguage",0x00000000,"0411"
>
> Now please look at these screenshots.
> http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/081.png
> http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/082.png
>
> The former uses mona
>  http://monafont.sourceforge.net/index-e.html
> The latter uses mplus
>  http://www.kaoriya.net/#BDFM+
>
> I'm very sad...
> Is ReactOS able to handle Japanese font properly?
> _______________________________________________
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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<arty> don't question it ... it's clearly an optimization

[Wierd Wierd]

Yes-- this looks EXACTLY like the SBIT problem I have
been preaching about.  The problem is that Freetype is
able to read the 1BPP SBIT data from the font, but
that our win32k doesnt know how to handle it.

Two bugs have been filed over this problem that are
related, but not exactly the same.

http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=894

and

http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=309

894 describes the problem with SBITs in TTF fonts,
while 309 deals with the problem when reading .FON
files.  Both are related, as they both send the same
kind of data back to win32k, but are separate
problems.

the TTF fonts DO get enumerated (part of what DOESNT
happen with .FONS), but do not display correctly.

I am waiting on this bug to get fixed as well, so that
I can finish my Tahoma replacement.

--- WaxDragon [e-mail] wrote:
> Actually, that looks very much like the SBIT problem
> wierd_w has been
> talking about..
>
> On 12 Oct 2005 14:03:18 +0900, tsk
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > I made Japanese version of ReactOS.
> >
> > Following is all that I have done.
> > add jpn.nls to \lib\kernel32\nls\
> > modify \lib\kernel32\locale_rc.rc
> > add Japanese font to \media\fonts\
> > add next line to \bootdata\hivesft.inf
> >
> > HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>
> NT\CurrentVersion\SysFontSubstitutes","MS UI
> Gothic",0x0000
> > 0000,"FontName"
> > 5) add next line to \bootdata\packages\reactos.dff
> > media\fonts\FontName.ttf                3
> > 6) modify locale settings at \bootdata\hivesft.inf
>
> and hivesys.inf
> > HKCU,"Control
>
> Panel\International","Locale",0x00000000,"0411"
> >

HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","Default",0x00000000,"0411"
> >

HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","InstallLanguage",0x00000000,"0411"
> > Now please look at these screenshots.
> > http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/081.png
> > http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/082.png
> >
> > The former uses mona
> >  http://monafont.sourceforge.net/index-e.html
> > The latter uses mplus
> >  http://www.kaoriya.net/#BDFM+
> >
> > I'm very sad...
> > Is ReactOS able to handle Japanese font properly?
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> --
> <arty> don't question it ... it's clearly an
> optimization
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
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[WaxDragon]

mf suggested one could comment out #define
TT_CONFIG_OPTION_EMBEDDED_BITMAPS in
lib/freetype/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h to DISABLE the SBIT
support.  Doing some quick testing, this allows Helmut 12pt to render
"correctly", i.e. readable.  This may or may not help with the CJK
font.

tsk, if you would like to try, I put up a modified freetype.dll at
http://waxdragon.homeip.net/~ford/freetype.dll.  Give that one a try
and see if it helps with your fonts.

WD
--
<arty> don't question it ... it's clearly an optimization