[Fwd: Re: GNU Unifont update]
[FWD because Paul Hardy forrgot to subscribe] I just finished the glyphs and posted them at http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html on 20 June 2008. I then took a vacation I had planned for a long time. I was trying to get something in releasable form before my vacation, but it didn't happen. I intend to package all the sources used to build the GNU Unifont: my software, plus software that Roman Czyborra wrote originally, plus software that Luis Gonzalez Miranda wrote to convert the .hex font into a TrueType font with my modifications, in one source tree with make files and man pages. I've been wrapping this up behind the scenes and expect to finish this weekend. I would like to go through the Fedora release process, starting with just the font and then adding the whole source tree to build the font. Qianqian Fang will be able to guide me through this process (and I've been in frequent contact with him while adding the missing CJK glyphs), but review by anyone else of course would be welcome. If anyone would like updates on this, you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll keep you posted on the latest developments. Thanks for your interest! Paul Hardy Le Mer 2 juillet 2008 10:59, Debarshi Ray a écrit : > The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost identical. >>> >>> Do you still want to do this? :) >>> It would be nice to have Unifont in Fedora. >> >> Or more generaly to have more fonts in Fedora. It's been ages since >> anyone but the usual suspects packaged a new font in Fedora (and a >> fixed team does not scale) > > Is someone already doing this? If not, then I am interested. If yes, > then I can help with the review. There are lots of unclaimed fonts on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Font_wishlist If you have the time and interest please do not block on Unifont. Our packaging wishlist has other elements. Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Le Mer 2 juillet 2008 10:59, Debarshi Ray a écrit : > The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost identical. >>> >>> Do you still want to do this? :) >>> It would be nice to have Unifont in Fedora. >> >> Or more generaly to have more fonts in Fedora. It's been ages since >> anyone but the usual suspects packaged a new font in Fedora (and a >> fixed team does not scale) > > Is someone already doing this? If not, then I am interested. If yes, > then I can help with the review. There are lots of unclaimed fonts on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Font_wishlist If you have the time and interest please do not block on Unifont. Our packaging wishlist has other elements. Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Le Mer 2 juillet 2008 09:46, Jens Petersen a écrit : > > Hi Qianqian, > > Sorry for the late reply. Just saw this now... > >> The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. >> I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that >> if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost >> identical. > > Do you still want to do this? :) > It would be nice to have Unifont in Fedora. Or more generaly to have more fonts in Fedora. It's been ages since anyone but the usual suspects packaged a new font in Fedora (and a fixed team does not scale) -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Hi Qianqian, Sorry for the late reply. Just saw this now... > The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. > I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that > if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost identical. Do you still want to do this? :) It would be nice to have Unifont in Fedora. Jens ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Le Dim 18 mai 2008 16:35, Qianqian Fang a écrit : > For now, maybe keeping both packages in parallel is the best. … > The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. > I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that > if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost identical. That would probably best as I've still not found a motherlode of new font packagers. Don't hesitate to ask on the list if you have any problem! Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Does this mean the WQY fonts are deprecated now and should be replaced with GNU unifont ? If that's the case you need to start a rename procedure and modify the comps files of branches unifont will be pushed to. If that's not the case, and WQY and GNU Unifont fonts will exist in parallel from now on, we need to find a packager for GNU unifont. I'd say the current WQY packager is best placed to take unifont up :p For now, maybe keeping both packages in parallel is the best. The Latin part of GNU Unifont and WQY's Unibit have different styles. Unibit uses "Fixed" as the Latin glyphs, combined with the CJK characters, it gives a classical look. For example: http://wenq.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/fedora_unibit.png http://wenq.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/fedora_unibit_smth_full.png This combination is still preferred by some Chinese users. The maintaining expense for both packages is not that much though. I would be glad to maintain GNU Unifont, or show Paul how to do that if he wants. The spec files for both packages can be almost identical. Unfortunately Freetype2 does not support HBF (ftp://ftp.cuhk.hk/.1/chinese/ccic/software/info/HBF-1.1/Format.html ) otherwise, we can share common data blocks as separate files, and make one dependent to the other. Qianqian Regards, ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
Re: GNU Unifont update
Le Jeu 15 mai 2008 06:15, Qianqian Fang a écrit : Hi, > I think this will probably be interesting to the people in this list. > > With the blessing from Roman Czyborra, the former maintainer of > GNU Unifont, Paul Hardy, a volunteer developer from CA, is now > officially maintaining this widely used dual-width bitmap font. ... > http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html > > It would be nice to see this extensively updated GNU Unifont > pushed through all branches for Fedora. I will keep you posted > or send Paul directly here to announce his release. Does this mean the WQY fonts are deprecated now and should be replaced with GNU unifont ? If that's the case you need to start a rename procedure and modify the comps files of branches unifont will be pushed to. If that's not the case, and WQY and GNU Unifont fonts will exist in parallel from now on, we need to find a packager for GNU unifont. I'd say the current WQY packager is best placed to take unifont up :p Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
GNU Unifont update
I think this will probably be interesting to the people in this list. With the blessing from Roman Czyborra, the former maintainer of GNU Unifont, Paul Hardy, a volunteer developer from CA, is now officially maintaining this widely used dual-width bitmap font. In the past couple months, Paul devoted tremendous of efforts toward the goal of complete BMP coverage of Unifont. In the meantime, we had extensive collaboration and ported all our latest creation of Hanzi glyphs, including the Unicode 5.1 additions, from WenQuanYi's fonts to GNU Unifont. Paul told me that he is very close to make a release, perhaps a few thousands glyphs away from a complete BMP font. His website and the latest fonts can be found from here: http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html It would be nice to see this extensively updated GNU Unifont pushed through all branches for Fedora. I will keep you posted or send Paul directly here to announce his release. Qianqian ___ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
