------- Original Message ------- From : Quentin Mathé[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent : 6/20/2007 10:27:15 AM To : [email protected] Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [Etoile-discuss] 0.2 Release Roadmap
Le 19 juin 07 à 23:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : >> Will the LiveCD have more than one font? (: >> >I hope so. GNUstep with art backend uses a special font format called >nfont. I have been thinking about the various possibilities to >package more fonts when you take in account this particular point. > >nfont spec: < http://web.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/GNUspec/ >nfont_packages.txt> > >Here are the various options I can think of: >1) Include some fonts converted to nfont format inside a Fonts >directory of Étoilé repository or inside a Fonts archive which is >available for download outside of the repository >2) Include some fonts in such Fonts directory or archive and take >care of their conversion to nfont format with a tool >3) Download some fonts if internet is available when setup.sh is run >and convert them on the fly to nfont format with a tool >4) Look for fonts already installed on host system in standard >directories and convert them to nfont format with a tool > >We can choose one or several options in the ones detailed above. For >conversion to nfont format, we probably need to use some sort of font >description database like < http://wiki.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ >Fonts/fonts.conf> >I'm not sure but this script < http://web.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/ >make_ttf_nfont.sh> looks like a basic tool to convert TrueType to >nfont. It won't take in account font family and all other niceties >though. > >Option 1) looks like the easiest way for now. What do you think? For now, I think option 1 is the best choice. However, when I implement font installation in Font Manager I could have it convert fonts to the nfont format. >In future, FontManager could offer the possibility to browse fonts >located on remote server (as if they were local fonts) and make >possible to install the ones you are interested in by a simple click. I like that idea. >Any suggestions on the list of fonts you would like to see bundled >with Étoilé? The "free fonts", Bitstream Vera fonts, and probably some fonts from SIL. Jesse would probably have thoughts on this (Do you, Jesse?). >Perhaps a page dedicated to Fonts in Étoilé should be added on the >website? Isaiah Beerbower _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
