I suppose I meant to say the initial incorrect working version :). Rendering plain english with nothing special e.g. forget the name, but where letters join - cursive -, would obviously not work. What I meant to say is that a /start/ should be easy to get right.
On 16/04/2008, grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm very certain you are mistaken :) > > Rendering fonts is unfortunately pretty difficult due to complexity issues. > To get speed you always need a cache. WPFs glyph cache isn't the first one > Windows has, actually GDI has one too. WPF shares the glyphs as textures as > far as I understand. > > grover > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von > Jonathan Dickinson > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 07:54 > An: sharpos-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: Re: [SharpOS Developers] Managed Operating System Alliance > > I know I am pre-empting here, but WPF has a font glyph cache that I don't > think we should overlook as an architectural idea. > > I think the biggest challenge would be reading in the ttf etc. format. Given > a solid graphics library I doubt actually rendering the fonts should be hard > (e.g. g.FillRegion(glyphCache["Times New Roman.A"]). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maciej Jagiello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:53 PM > To: sharpos-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SharpOS Developers] Managed Operating System Alliance > > IMHO the most compelling field of interest for standard or common code is > font rendering engine. There is some work in this field in Java that > shouldn't be overlooked, like TrueType font editors. Just a two cents of > mine. > > Bruce Markham wrote: > > Thanks Grover! > > > > I would like to point out, extremely whole-heartedly, that before we > > go inventing standards - we should keep in mind that JNode has a > > functioning architecture. And whilst we can never presume to impart > > standards upon them, they may not be willing to help us out directly, > > and we might not want to use their design - I think the MOSA (or > > what-have-you) standards should allow for compatibility. > > > > The JNode project *is* a "managed" operating system. And they've got a > > plethora of potential reasonably compatible drivers. (IKVM + any of > > our JITs equals a *load* of possibilities.) > > > > So at the very least, we should make them aware that there are a bunch > > of C# OS projects attempting to band together to decide on "managed OS > > standards", and at the very most, we should sequester them for advice. > > > > Thanks all. > > Bruce > > aka Illuminus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > > Don't miss this year's exciting event. 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