Re: Windows fonts - some observations
Hi Antony, Benjamin Riefenstahl wrote: >> *.fon files are not TrueType, they are legacy Windows bitmapped >> fonts, Antony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think FreeType does support them; it supports Windows FNT fonts > which I presume are the same: > > http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/index.html Ah, thanks, I wasn't aware of all this progress ;-). Ok, so FreeType should support them, if this code is compiled in. benny
Re: Windows fonts - some observations
> Hi Alexander, Antony, > >> On Mon, 10 May 2004, Antony Baxter wrote: >>> works fine in with truetype fonts, black-on-black with .fon fonts. > > Alexander Gottwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Same for me. This seems to be a generic FreeType or Xft >> problem. I've cc'ed the xorg mailinglist. > > *.fon files are not TrueType, they are legacy Windows bitmapped fonts, > used since long before TrueType was invented. I doubt FreeType has > functionality to read them. I think there are converters out there to > convert them to and from X11 bitmap formats. > > benny I think FreeType does support them; it supports Windows FNT fonts which I presume are the same: http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/index.html antony Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
Re: Windows fonts - some observations
Hi Alexander, Antony, > On Mon, 10 May 2004, Antony Baxter wrote: >> works fine in with truetype fonts, black-on-black with .fon fonts. Alexander Gottwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Same for me. This seems to be a generic FreeType or Xft > problem. I've cc'ed the xorg mailinglist. *.fon files are not TrueType, they are legacy Windows bitmapped fonts, used since long before TrueType was invented. I doubt FreeType has functionality to read them. I think there are converters out there to convert them to and from X11 bitmap formats. benny
Re: Windows fonts - some observations
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Antony Baxter wrote: > > >> However, I failed to get Windows Bitmap Fonts ( > .fon > >> files ) working in > >> the same way. As I understand it, FreeType 2 should > >> support these ok; I > >> symlinked /mnt/win.../*.fon into my ~/.fonts dir, > ran > >> fc-cache, tried > >> e.g xterm -fa "Small Fonts", but everything > appeared > >> as white-on-white. > >> I tried setting the foreground color, background > >> color, etc, but nothing > >> ever appears except the cursor. Anyone else seen > this? > >> I'm not currently > >> able to try this under on another setup, so could > >> easily be my screw up. > > > > Are the *.fon fonts listed with fc-list? > > Yes - all listed, eg: > > Small Fonts:style=Regular > > and it doesn't use the default font that would appear > when the -fa > "fontname" is a fontname that doesn't appear in the > list (at least I > assume it doesn't - I picked "Small Fonts" as my > example as with a fixed > geometry setting in my .Xdefaults, the xterm is > smaller than with a > larger font). Also, selecting from the xterm and > pasting elsewhere works > fine: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (~) % pwd > /home/antony > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (~) % > > Its just the colo(u)r thats wrong - my .Xdefaults has: > > xterm*Background: black > xterm*Foreground: DarkSeaGreen > xterm*cursorColor:DarkSeaGreen > > but the xterm appears black-on-black with a > DarkSeaGreen cursor. > Removing my .Xdefaults file gives white-on-white with > a black cursor. > I've also tried removing my .bashrc in case it was a > problem with prompt > colorisation or something like that; exactly the same > problem. > > Interestingly, mlterm shows the same phenomenon - > works fine in with > truetype fonts, black-on-black with .fon fonts. Same for me. This seems to be a generic FreeType or Xft problem. I've cc'ed the xorg mailinglist. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Windows fonts - some observations
>> However, I failed to get Windows Bitmap Fonts ( .fon >> files ) working in >> the same way. As I understand it, FreeType 2 should >> support these ok; I >> symlinked /mnt/win.../*.fon into my ~/.fonts dir, ran >> fc-cache, tried >> e.g xterm -fa "Small Fonts", but everything appeared >> as white-on-white. >> I tried setting the foreground color, background >> color, etc, but nothing >> ever appears except the cursor. Anyone else seen this? >> I'm not currently >> able to try this under on another setup, so could >> easily be my screw up. > > Are the *.fon fonts listed with fc-list? Yes - all listed, eg: Small Fonts:style=Regular and it doesn't use the default font that would appear when the -fa "fontname" is a fontname that doesn't appear in the list (at least I assume it doesn't - I picked "Small Fonts" as my example as with a fixed geometry setting in my .Xdefaults, the xterm is smaller than with a larger font). Also, selecting from the xterm and pasting elsewhere works fine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (~) % pwd /home/antony [EMAIL PROTECTED] (~) % Its just the colo(u)r thats wrong - my .Xdefaults has: xterm*Background: black xterm*Foreground: DarkSeaGreen xterm*cursorColor: DarkSeaGreen but the xterm appears black-on-black with a DarkSeaGreen cursor. Removing my .Xdefaults file gives white-on-white with a black cursor. I've also tried removing my .bashrc in case it was a problem with prompt colorisation or something like that; exactly the same problem. Interestingly, mlterm shows the same phenomenon - works fine in with truetype fonts, black-on-black with .fon fonts. This is using Cygwin/X updated this morning to latest versions of everything. Antony. Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
Re: Windows fonts - some observations
On Mon, 10 May 2004, Antony Baxter wrote: > > However, I failed to get Windows Bitmap Fonts ( .fon > files ) working in > the same way. As I understand it, FreeType 2 should > support these ok; I > symlinked /mnt/win.../*.fon into my ~/.fonts dir, ran > fc-cache, tried > e.g xterm -fa "Small Fonts", but everything appeared > as white-on-white. > I tried setting the foreground color, background > color, etc, but nothing > ever appears except the cursor. Anyone else seen this? > I'm not currently > able to try this under on another setup, so could > easily be my screw up. Are the *.fon fonts listed with fc-list? bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
