From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: "Boris A. Dekshteyn" <boris.dekshteyn@gmail.com>
Cc: 49021-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49021: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: font-terminus: Build Open Type Bitmap.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:20:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YNCEF701YyCy/A/U@3900XT> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pmwmnyvi.fsf@enceladus.provocation.me>
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 05:48:33PM +1200, Boris A. Dekshteyn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
>
> > What do the Open Type Bitmap bits do? Is it actually worth putting it in
> > a separate output or would it make more sense to install it by default?
>
> As of version 1.44, pango no longer supports bitmap fonts other than
> in Opentype format. So, without the OTB format, you cannot use terminus in pango
> enabled apps (most x apps).
>
> The package already has a separate output for pcf-8bit, so I decided to
> make a separate output for the OTB format. Which might make sense for users
> without x/wayland environments.
>
Makes sense to me. (Other) Patch pushed!
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-14 13:27 [bug#49021] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: font-terminus: Update to 4.49.1 Boris A. Dekshteyn
2021-06-14 13:31 ` [bug#49021] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: font-terminus: Build Open Type Bitmap Boris A. Dekshteyn
2021-06-15 18:19 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-06-16 5:48 ` Boris A. Dekshteyn
2021-06-21 12:20 ` Efraim Flashner [this message]
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