> that has been bugging me for a long time: avoiding the time consuming
> repeated installation of Plan 9 fonts. Specifically, p9p itself and
> local instances of 9vx could be smaller and the installation (and
> download, in most cases) would be quicker.
>
> The question then becomes whether fontsrv could be "ported" to Plan 9
> together with the supporting facilities (openfont(2) is my guess)? I
> certainly would be willing to give such port a try, if I can be
> convinced that it is not beyond my ability.
this won't necessarly save disk space:
; du */cyberbit*
12283 bit/cyberbit
13041 ttf/cyberbit.ttf
personally, i like the simplicity of plan 9's approach. a bigger issue
for me is plan 9's fixed string height: “” looks bad.
- erik
