Hello Ted, FBF files we originally used for direct bitmap rendering on systems that lack a high level graphics API. Current targets either use the terminal or the system graphics rendering for fonts (X-Windows, MS-windows, Haiku… The text version does not use fonts at all (qe -nw).
FBF files are still used for rendering HTML pages as PNG files with the html2png utility. Regarding font sizes larger than 16, this is a bug, all font sizes should be available to xqe on X-Windows. Sizes larger than 15 seem to dysfunction for the fixed pitch system font. If you first set the font-face to “times”, larger font sizes can be selected and displayed. I shall investigate how to fix this for the default system font. Thank you for the feed-back. Chqrlie. > On 19 Dec 2022, at 01:37, Ted X <txion...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > My qemacs (xqe in a separate xterm window) can't handle font sizes over 14. > It would just show a blank screen and only see a big cursor block if I set > the fixed font to anything above 14. > ex: > set-style -> default -> font-size -> 16. > > Can someone point out any direction on how qemacs font rendering works? Does > it use the fbf files under fonts directory, or does it use X11 system fonts? > I feel like normal text mode does use those fbf files. > > Thank you, > Ted
