> On 15 Oct 2022, at 04:09, Sam James <[email protected]> wrote: > >> =x11-libs/pango-1.44 dropped support for old bitmap fonts. We can convert > fonts from the legacy .bdf and .pcf formats into the OTB wrapper format > using x11-apps/fonttosfnt. > > This commit adds FONT_CONVERT_SFNT which packages installing bitmap fonts > can set to opt-in to conversion. > > Note that the font conversion isn't perfect -- it's good enough > in many cases, but in some cases they may require tweaking > via fontconfig to get pixel size right, antialiasing settings, ... > > Adds IUSE=+convert-sfnt to any ebuilds which set FONT_CONVERT_SFNT; > enabled by default given discoverability of this issue may be difficult > and presumably any font package enabling FONT_CONVERT_SFNT will be > useless without it anyway. > > See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BitmapFontConversion. > > Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/698922 > Thanks-to: Kerin Millar <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Sam James <[email protected]> > --- > eclass/font.eclass | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/eclass/font.eclass b/eclass/font.eclass > index 83636ac3fed5..4b7021ee0599 100644 > --- a/eclass/font.eclass > +++ b/eclass/font.eclass > [snip]
> +# @FUNCTION: font_convert_sfnt
> +# @DESCRIPTION:
> +# Converts .bdf and .pcf fonts detected within ${ED} to the OTB wrapper
> format
> +# using x11-apps/fonttosfnt. Handles optional .gz extension.
> +font_convert_sfnt() {
> + local file tmpfile
> +
> + while IFS= read -rd '' file; do
> + if [[ ${file} != *.gz ]] ; then
==, which I'll fix locally.
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