imho, the brilliant thing about fontsrv is that you don't have to know which fonts you are "interested in", at which sizes etc. You can't get that kind of flexibility if you statically convert.
It's not just about having smooth fonts in Plan 9; it's about being able to deal with true type fonts in a natural way. Fontsrv is a good example of how the file system can be used to provide additional features within the existing environment, without having to update any libraries or existing programs to take advantage of it. I like the idea and I would love to see it in native Plan 9, but sadly I don't have enough spare time right now. I might try to do it myself in february. Am 14.12.2013 18:40, schrieb andrey mirtchovski: > i really don't understand what the argument is about. if all one needs > is smoothed fonts on plan9 then short of exposing a fontsrv's file > descriptor somewhere on the public net, we can get "fontsrv for plan9" > in one easy step: > > $ for i in `9p ls font/Zapfino/12a`; do 9p read font/Zapfino/12a/$i > > /tmp/font/$i; echo $i; done; > $ acme -f /tmp/font/font > > loop for all fonts we're interested in. >
