On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Ross) wrote:
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:01:09 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Ross)
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Antialiased GLUT fonts
>
> OK, the attached patch adds character width support to the fnt
> library, allowing it to handle glyphs whose logical width (distance
> along the baseline to the next character) differs from their physical
> width.
Very nice - well done, again !
[...]
> Anyway, it seems to work. One thing to worry about (and for which I
> did not test) is the effect this patch will have on older fonts. The
> code now interprets a value ("step"), which it used to ignore. If
> older fonts don't set this correctly, they will be misrendered by
> plib. I did a spot check of the fonts distributed with FlightGear,
> and they look OK. Hopefully all fonts generated by Mark's tool will
> be equally fine.
I think so.
> I've generated a new set of font files with proper padding and put
> them back up on my web site (http://plausible.org/glut-fonts -- no, I
> didn't change the URL to remove the reference to glut).
Okay; I updated my mirror:
http://www.ude.handshake.de/txffonts/
Again, if you want to download the entire set of fonts, I recommend to use
that link in order to keep the load off Andy's cable modem.
> These look much nicer after the patch -- no chopped characters, and
> proper font metrics for all.
Yes.
- Sebastian
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