From 2a778912251874f9b808f82e61244efcd12210aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshay Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:40:50 +0530 Subject: rerender with pandoc --- docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html') diff --git a/docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html b/docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html index ad7243d..d7b7e46 100644 --- a/docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html +++ b/docs/posts/bye_bye_BDFs/index.html @@ -37,31 +37,34 @@ Bye Bye BDFs
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Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format is no more, as the creators of -Pango, one of the most widely used text rendering -libraries, -announced -their plans for Pango 1.44.

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Until recently, Pango used FreeType to draw fonts. They will be moving over -to Harfbuzz, an evolution of FreeType.

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Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format is no more, as the creators of Pango, one of the most widely used text rendering libraries, announced their plans for Pango 1.44.

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Until recently, Pango used FreeType to draw fonts. They will be moving over to Harfbuzz, an evolution of FreeType.

Why?

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In short, FreeType was hard to work with. It required complex logic, and -provided no advantage over Harfbuzz (other than being able to fetch -opentype metrics with ease).

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Upgrading to Pango v1.44 will break your GTK applications (if you use a -bdf/pcf bitmap font). Harfbuzz does support bitmap-only OpenType fonts, -otbs. Convert your existing fonts over to otbs using -FontForge. It is to be noted that applications -such as xterm and rxvt use xft (X FreeType) to render fonts, and will -remain unaffected by the update.

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Both scientifica and -curie will soon ship with bitmap-only -OpenType font formats.

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In short, FreeType was hard to work with. It required complex logic, and provided no advantage over Harfbuzz (other than being able to fetch opentype metrics with ease).

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Upgrading to Pango v1.44 will break your GTK applications (if you use a bdf/pcf bitmap font). Harfbuzz does support bitmap-only OpenType fonts, otbs. Convert your existing fonts over to otbs using FontForge. It is to be noted that applications such as xterm and rxvt use xft (X FreeType) to render fonts, and will remain unaffected by the update.

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Both scientifica and curie will soon ship with bitmap-only OpenType font formats.

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