Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization
Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization
Posted Jun 22, 2012 11:19 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (guest, #33263)In reply to: Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization by przemoc
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The problem is Terminus is a pure bitmap font. http://www.fixedsysexcelsior.com/ is the *real* thing ;-)
Posted Jun 26, 2012 14:31 UTC (Tue)
by Tet (guest, #5433)
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That's a good thing. For printing, you want a vector font. But for terminal use, I still use bitmap fonts, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Posted Jun 26, 2012 14:43 UTC (Tue)
by jengelh (guest, #33263)
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The problem is Terminus is a pure bitmap font
Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization
Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization
- There is no support to have them automatically scaled up. In contrast, you can run Fixedsys Excelsior TTF at 32px (i.e. twice its designed size) just by telling xterm/fontconfig to render it as such.
- Besides vectorized glyphs, truetype fonts can also have embedded bitmaps. This is very dominant in the CJK glyph range where the (antialiased) scaledown is often too blurry. But Arial/Times also have bitmaps for Latin scripts.
IOW, I'd love to have Terminus as TTF, just to be able to run it somehow at sizes larger than 32px.