hello all-

This thread is typically for server-side plugins, but I've written a
Squeezeplay applet that I'd like to ask be considered as a recommended
applet. The applet can be installed on Radio/Touch/Controller via
Settings->Advanced->Applet Installer (uncheck the Recommended Applets
only box to allow it to show up in the list)

details:
I've been working on long-standing bug
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6341

The principal goal for the bug is to deliver CJK (Chinese Japanese
Korean) characters to Squeezeplay, as our current font, FreeSans, does
not support this.

CJK characters add a huge amount of bulk to the font file (increases
size by about 8-10x), and because of tight memory constraints on our
devices, we're not going to be doing this in a stock firmware.

Rather than set this bug to WONTFIX, I took a little extra time and
wrote an applet called FontReplacer that overwrites the FreeSans*.ttf
files with a merged FreeSans + DroidSansFallback (created with
FontForge and the excellent help of one of the posters on that bug).

The Applet is tested and ready to go, minus a few missing
translations.

While I'm currently an internal developer, this is an unofficial effort
and therefore I'd like it to go through the same due process anything
else would get to make the recommended list.

thanks for your time,
#!/ben


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