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author | NerdyPepper <[email protected]> | 2019-08-07 18:27:35 +0100 |
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committer | NerdyPepper <[email protected]> | 2019-08-07 18:27:35 +0100 |
commit | 5b4bae28d4cd5b7df47724881b98a27d3d1c1616 (patch) | |
tree | 1543084d46a17cd3f2989089f8957cdd98b99d7d /docs | |
parent | 7f39c8d77ed8dd60a60fa1ec3d31b3d8616abc1a (diff) |
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42 | <a id="post-bye_bye_BDFs.md" href="#bye_bye_BDFs.md" class="post-link" onClick="showPost('bye_bye_BDFs.md')" >Bye Bye BDFs</a> | 42 | <a id="post-bye_bye_BDFs.md" href="#bye_bye_BDFs.md" class="post-link" onClick="showPost('bye_bye_BDFs.md')" >Bye Bye BDFs</a> |
43 | <div id="bye_bye_BDFs.md" class="post-text" style="display: none"> | 43 | <div id="bye_bye_BDFs.md" class="post-text" style="display: none"> |
44 | <p>Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format is no more, as the creators of | 44 | <p>Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format is no more, as the creators of |
45 | <a href="https://pango.org">Pango</a>, one of the largest text rendering libraries, | 45 | <a href="https://pango.org">Pango</a>, one of the most widely used text rendering |
46 | libraries, | ||
46 | <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2019/05/25/pango-future-directions/">announced</a> | 47 | <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2019/05/25/pango-future-directions/">announced</a> |
47 | a few months back.</p> | 48 | their plans for Pango 1.44.</p> |
48 | 49 | ||
49 | <p>Until recently, Pango used FreeType to draw fonts. They will be moving over | 50 | <p>Until recently, Pango used FreeType to draw fonts. They will be moving over |
50 | to <a href="https://harfbuzz.org">Harfbuzz</a>, an evolution of FreeType.</p> | 51 | to <a href="https://harfbuzz.org">Harfbuzz</a>, an evolution of FreeType.</p> |
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ provided no advantage over Harfbuzz (other than being able to fetch | |||
56 | opentype metrics with ease).</p> | 57 | opentype metrics with ease).</p> |
57 | 58 | ||
58 | <p>Upgrading to Pango v1.44 will break your GTK applications (if you use a | 59 | <p>Upgrading to Pango v1.44 will break your GTK applications (if you use a |
59 | <code>bdf</code>/<code>pcf</code> bitmap font). Harfbuzz <em>does</em> support bitmap-only OpenType fonts | 60 | <code>bdf</code>/<code>pcf</code> bitmap font). Harfbuzz <em>does</em> support bitmap-only OpenType fonts, |
60 | though, <code>otb</code>s. Convert your existing fonts over to <code>otb</code>s using | 61 | <code>otb</code>s. Convert your existing fonts over to <code>otb</code>s using |
61 | <a href="https://fontforge.github.io">FontForge</a>. It is to be noted that applications | 62 | <a href="https://fontforge.github.io">FontForge</a>. It is to be noted that applications |
62 | such as <code>xterm</code> and <code>rxvt</code> use <code>xft</code> (X FreeType) to render fonts, and will | 63 | such as <code>xterm</code> and <code>rxvt</code> use <code>xft</code> (X FreeType) to render fonts, and will |
63 | remain unaffected by the update.</p> | 64 | remain unaffected by the update.</p> |