12 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-javaRe: Patchset 8 fonts| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Rob Furphy | May 23, 2000 9:57 am | |
| Greg Lewis | May 23, 2000 6:28 pm | |
| Panagiotis Astithas | May 24, 2000 2:57 am | |
| Robert Swindells | May 24, 2000 2:58 am | |
| Rob Furphy | May 24, 2000 7:18 am | |
| Panagiotis Astithas | May 25, 2000 2:38 am | |
| Greg Lewis | May 25, 2000 2:51 pm | |
| Greg Lewis | May 25, 2000 2:54 pm | |
| Panagiotis Astithas | May 26, 2000 1:12 am | |
| Panagiotis Astithas | May 26, 2000 1:19 am | |
| Greg Lewis | May 26, 2000 2:06 am | |
| Robert Swindells | May 26, 2000 3:22 am |
| Subject: | Re: Patchset 8 fonts | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Robert Swindells (swin...@genrad.co.uk) | |
| Date: | May 24, 2000 2:58:45 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-java | |
FONTS: The initial font.properties file is unusable. I converted to using the one supplied from Robert Swindells (since it was handy) and everything looks much better, perhaps his should be the default?
The 'Blackdown-like' one could be supplied but marked as such.
What is the issue with using Robert's that caused the patchset to switch to blackdown in patchset 6?
There were two things here:
(a) The code was merged with that in the Java porting team's CVS repository. They were using the current font.properties.
The current font.properties uses the Lucida fonts that are supplied with the JDK source as the preferred fonts. I'm sure they look great if you have a TrueType capable X server but the fallback font is Courier which looks ugly in menus.
(b) Robert's font.properties doesn't work for me (XFree86 3.3.3.1), so I was unsure that it was working for others. Are the URW fonts standard with later versions of XFree86 or do they need to be installed separately?
The URW fonts need to be installed separately.
I guess they ought to be made into a port.
Can you please define "unusable" in terms of the current fonts? They should be no more unusable than those in the Blackdown port which can be run under emulation.
Blackdown looks just as ugly if you don't have TrueType support.
Robert
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