On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ken Krugler wrote: >> But I converted SimSun (Hiragan font ) and simplified Arabic fonts from >> windows, and used it app, and it displayed it correctly, > > I'm guessing that these were TrueType fonts to begin with, not > bitmaps (which is what you get with NFNTs).
iirc - NFNT's are mono and raster based. truetype fonts are more vector/geometry based :) truetype fonts scale very nicely - where as the raster based ones dont. > >And what are the legal Issues you are talking about? > > You're talking about copying data from Palm's ROM, converting it, and > then repackaging it as part of your application. So it seems like > there could be legal issues, but that's something for you to discuss > with Palm's DTS group. if there are fonts in the rom - why not just lock them down? or copy the binary resource where applicable? // az [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ardiri.com/ http://www.mobilewizardry.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
