> > That's the responsibility of the font engine, really. I
> > wouldn't want> Olli implementing it in V, if Richard Griffiths
> > could just put it in ttf.library instead. He's been promising
> > proper "family" support for ages now. Shall we remind him?
>
> That might be a good idea.
>
> But whether the grouping is done by ttf.library or in Voyager, there
> will have to be a setup GUI somewhere in which users can
> indicate which fonts belong together.
It can, and should, be done automatically. All decent TTF fonts that
DO belong to a family have that family encoded inside them, and I
know for a fact that you can glean that info from within the ttf.library.
The standard bullet.library API actually supports proper family
emboldening etc. rather than algorithmic "smearing", so it's definitely
possible.
> I feel this should be done at the AmigaOS level really, so that it
> works for Intellifonts, Type 1 and TrueType. Gold Disk used to have a
little
> file for each font family, listing the members. Maybe it should be added
to
> the .otag file or the .font file, or be a new file.
The bullet.library API already supports it, .otag files have fields to
support it. Just no-one uses them yet.
> Thinking about it, a new file with its own GUI would be best. It would
> be named after the "basic" member, e.g. "Times-Roman.family".
Well, it's in the standard API. I did a lot of research into extending
AmigaOS just before I killed my "wishlist", and that was one of the more
intriguing things; the AmigaOS has a bloody comprehensive font API that
has been dormant since OS 2.0.. what a waste..
--
Matt Sealey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
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