It's cool to have a prepared image to test. However, we need a repeatable process. Can Andrew package this?
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Andrew Tween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: August 1, 2008 3:12:47 PM CEDT > To: Stéphane Ducasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: About true type fonts > Hi Stef, > > It is unlikely that I will be doing any more work on FreeType, but I believe > the current version is complete enough to be useful. > > I have created a Pharo image with everything installed. > You can find it here... > http://www.zen61439.zen.co.uk/ft_pharo/ft_pharo.zip > > Included in that zip is the image + changes files, and any packages that > have been installed. > > You will see that there is a sar file , FreeType Plus Squeak Sans Font > Pack.small.sar. This installs a ttf font (SqueakSans) as the list, code, > menu font etc. > I created the SqueakSans font from BitStream Vera Sans. The main reason for > creating this was so that I could change the embedding flags to allow it to > be legally embedded. > (Bitstream Vera fonts have the flag set so that it can't be embedded, > although I doubt anyone would really mind). > > Having modified the flags, the Bitstream license states that the font must > no longer be named 'Bitstream' or 'Vera', so I named it 'Squeak Sans'. > The contents of those ttf files are embedded in the image, so it isn't > necessary to distribute the font files with the image - FreeType loads the > font from memory. > > If you run the image, and you have all the required plugins installed, then > you should see > this...http://www.zen61439.zen.co.uk/ft_pharo/ft_pharo_both_plugins_installed.JPG > > If the FT2Plugin is missing then you will see this > ... http://www.zen61439.zen.co.uk/ft_pharo/ft_pharo_plugins_missing.JPG > > If the FT2Plugin is present, but the modified BitBlt plugin is missing, then > you should see > this...http://www.zen61439.zen.co.uk/ft_pharo/ft_pharo_bitbltPlugin_missing.JPG > > (in the last jpg , there is no subpixel anti aliasing, but the difference > may not be noticable unless you magnify the images) > > Also in the zip, is a sar file containing the plugins for Windows and > Linux... FreeTypePluginInstaller3.sar > When installed, the sar will attempt to copy the plugins to the correct > location on disk. > > The FTPlugin is now included in the Mac VM. > The modified BitBlt plugin (to enable subpixel anti-aliasing) for the Mac is > available > here...ftp://ftp.smalltalkconsulting.com/experimental/BitBltPlugin.v1.0.0b1.FreeTypePlus.bundle.zip > > There should be enough info here to enable people to run the image and play > around. > > Please feel free to ask questions, and to forward this to the Pharo mailing > list. > > Cheers, > Andy > > ________________________________ >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: About true type fonts >> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:20:10 +0200 >> >> Hi andy >> >> For pharo we are discussing about fonts and I wanted to know >> the status of the truetype support. >> >> stef > > > ________________________________ > Make a mini you on Windows Live Messenger! Try it Now! > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > -- Damien Cassou Peter von der Ahé: «I'm beginning to see why Gilad wished us good luck». (http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu)
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