Blurry bitmap fonts

the bitmap font 'bitLight 10' looks good in most places in my
movie.
in other places it's a bit blurry. a sentence in a paragraph
will be blurry for instance, but the rest will be perfect.
any ideas? could it be a bad, corrupt font file?

by the way, i am using mx2004. still in the dark ages over
here. ha!

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Bitmap Font gets blurry when its swf is loaded into a movie clip

I have a gallery i'm working on, located here:
http://www.stationarynotes.com/portfolio/Gallery.html
If you click the first button (the one that looks like a
splattered "S" in black ink) you'll see that my bitmap text gets
rendered all blurry. That swf which is being loaded renders fine
when I test it by itself. The text is positioned with whole numbers
and aligns to the grid within its own swf, and the movie clip which
receives it is also positioned with whole numbers. Do you think
perhaps when it is loaded into another MC it is being pushed off of
the grid somehow...? I'm really confused.
I can post my .flas if that'll help.

bitmap fonts look best when positioned on a whole pixel
number (100.0 instead of 100.4 for example).
If you are loading into an empty clip - try placing that clip
on the nearest whole number. or you
could load the external swf to a level with will position it
at 0,0 (upper left corner of stage).
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Scruffpuff wrote:
> I have a gallery i'm working on, located here:
>
http://www.stationarynotes.com/portfolio/Gallery.html
>
> If you click the first button (the one that looks like a
splattered "S" in
> black ink) you'll see that my bitmap text gets rendered
all blurry. That swf
> which is being loaded renders fine when I test it by
itself. The text is
> positioned with whole numbers and aligns to the grid
within its own swf, and
> the movie clip which receives it is also positioned with
whole numbers. Do you
> think perhaps when it is loaded into another MC it is
being pushed off of the
> grid somehow...? I'm really confused.
>
> I can post my .flas if that'll help.
>

Showing bangla character in all types of java mobile using bitmap fonts

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i want to do english to bangla dictionary for all types of java mobile using bitmap
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VO: [vdpau] 800x468 => 800x468 Planar YV12
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[vdpau] If that value looks wrong give the -vo vdpau:fps=X suboption manually.
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URxvt poor performance with Bitmap fonts

I'm trying to use a bitmap font with URxvt terminal and I find the performance is terrible after. If i use an XFT font it works perfect. When I set a bitmap font I can see the screen redraw while scrolling through vim and if another terminal is outputting lots of data the other terminals will slow to a crawl. Also when the terminal gains focus I will see a flicker occur as it redraws the text.
I tried using XTerm and it does not experience this problem at all. It only seems to be with URXvt that this problem occurs. I've tried several different bitmap fonts and it's the same for all of them. Again XFT works fine.
Any ideas?

I don't use testing, but have cairo-xcb installed from AUR, which is version 1.12.0-1. I just tried to replace it with the package in testing, but this did not have any effect. Downgrading cairo-xcb gives problems because of the libpng14 stuff. I will look for the source of a previous version and build it, to see if this is the problem.
edit...
You are right, the problem is cairo. I rebuild and installed cairo-xcb 1.10.2 and gvim was as quick as it used to be. When I upgrade it again it slows down.
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[svn:osmf:] 13113: Changing to not use an embedded font by default, and adding instructions on how to use the free 'type writer' bitmap font.

Revision: 13113
Revision: 13113
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-21 01:08:10 -0800 (Mon, 21 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Changing to not use an embedded font by default, and adding instructions on how to use the free 'type writer' bitmap font.
Modified Paths:
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/.flexLibProperties
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/controlbar/widgets/ScrubBar.as
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/controlbar/widgets/URLInput.as
Added Paths:
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/fonts/
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/src/org/osmf/chrome/fonts/Fonts.as
Removed Paths:
    osmf/trunk/libs/ChromeLibrary/assets/images/stop_up.png_1

Your site was built using tables, whose sizes are defined in your site.
If we look at your first table definition, we can see:
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Your table has a width of 861 pixels and an overall height of 1449 pixels. Anything you put into that overall box must fit those dimensions, else
it won't be visible. Anything you add above it will push everything down. You can redefine your sizing to let you edit more inside of the table elements.
This is why, when you type in more text, things act weird. If you are in Dreamweaver, you must find the right cell to put your text into and then enter
text there. Unfortunately, this is going to push things around, which were all lined up using tables. And this gets everything offset with respect to
everything else in your website.
And that is why everyone is saying, "Start Over!"
I just inherited a website that has been put together using tables. I'm going to have to expend considerable effort in rewriting the entire design of the
website because of that. because everything I intend to add to the pages on the site is going to need to be deconstructed in order to get it to work
properly if I'm adding text and pictures that need to line up with each other.
You need something done quick and dirty and the only way I can recommend you do that is to use Dreamweaver to show you the tables you have
and put what you need in a new table that is defined above or below the tables you all ready have defined. Do that and then get back to someone here
who knows how to make a website correctly to clean up your entire website and make it editable -- which will cost you some money, but it will be
money well-spent.
I like to quote this maxim: Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick any two. This works for website design. You can get it fast and cheap, but it won't be good. I
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Using Bitmap Fonts in MIDlet development

Any and all help appreciated on this.
I'm working on this assignment that requires use of bitmap fonts. We need 2 colors of fonts and 2 sizes. What's the best way to approach this?
Any places that you recommend buying them from and have used in your projects? Wish to stay away from ones that have heavy-duty licensing issues (lack of bandwidth to look into all legal possibilities). Are there any free ones available?
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Would GNU Screen be the answer to my question?

Illustrator can't use bitmap fonts?

In the list of available fonts, Illustrator CS5 just doesn't show a particular bitmap font (maybe it's skipping some others too, but I didn't check). I'm sure the font works well, in fact it shows up and works normally in Photoshop, and I also use it for interface in some other software that allows customizing of interface - in a few years never had a problem. If it matters, it's a fon file.
Digging around the internet I didn't see anybody complaining about it, the only thing I've found is an article for beginners that talks about using bitmap fonts as if it were perfectly possible.
So, how can I use this font in my documents? Or will I have to design everything in Illustrator and then finish it in Photoshop.
Edit: if it matters I'm on Windows 7 64bit.
Message was edited by: RayRayTea

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I like the look of bitmap fonts and I used to be able to use them in GUI apps such as GTK apps.
For the last few months whenever I try to start GUI app with a bitmap font selected the application crashes. Always with the same error message about cairo-scaled-font.
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[solved] urxvt terminal: Bitmap fonts not working

Hello
I can't get bitmap fonts to work with urxtv (aka rxvt-unicode).
Here's output of fc-list : file -command
$ fc-list : file
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf", line 10: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/a010015l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/comic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019043l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019044l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansArmenian.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/times.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansEthiopic-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n022003l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n022004l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arial.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansHebrew-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n021023l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n021024l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/ariblk.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019023l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansFallbackLegacy.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n022023l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/verdana.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n022024l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019024l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusBold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-Bold.otf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/timesi.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidKufi-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraMoBI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidKufi-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n021003l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n021004l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/andalemo.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansHebrew-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-B.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-R.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-C.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraMoBd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusMediumItalic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019004l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraMoIt.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansGeorgian.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansEthiopic-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-L.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansJapanese.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusMedium.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraMono.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/cour.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/georgia.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraSe.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/c059036l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraSeBd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSans-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/c059033l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-RI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraBI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansTamil-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraIt.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSerif-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidNaskh-Regular-SystemUI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/d050000l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VeraBd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSans.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/c059016l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/s050000l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/verdanai.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/verdanaz.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/c059013l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-BI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/verdanab.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/trebucit.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Ubuntu-LI.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/georgiai.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansThai.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/trebucbd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/couri.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/georgiab.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/b018032l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidNaskh-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/georgiaz.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/timesbi.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arialbd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/b018035l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/UbuntuMono-B.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/trebucbi.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/UbuntuMono-R.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arialbi.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansArabic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/timesbd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansDevanagari-Regular.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/z003034l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansFallback.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/courbi.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/comicbd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/b018012l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/p052004l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSerif-Italic.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/webdings.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/b018015l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/a010033l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansTamil-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/p052003l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/a010035l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019063l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/trebuc.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/courbd.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019064l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansMono.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/p052024l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/impact.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/ariali.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/a010013l.pfb:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DroidSansFallbackFull.ttf:
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/p052023l.pfb:
What I've read, there should be /usr/share/fonts/local/* too in that list.
I run my window manager, dwm with startx and ~/.xinitrc has these lines before dwm:
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local
xset fp rehash
I have also tried to include those with xorg.conf:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
EndSection
I'm using Ubuntu's patched versions of freetype, fontconfig and cairo if that has anything to do with my problem:
freetype2-ubuntu fontconfig-ubuntu cairo-ubuntu
Xft fonts work fine with urxvt, but bitmaps don't. What am I missing?
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There isn't a "tamsynu" family in the tamsyn-font package. You're trying to use a font that doesn't exist on your machine.
$ xlsfonts -fn "-*-tamsynu-*"
xlsfonts: pattern "-*-tamsynu-*" unmatched
$ xlsfonts -fn "-*-tamsyn-*"
-misc-tamsyn-bold-r-normal--0-0-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-tamsyn-bold-r-normal--12-87-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
<< And more >>
The syntax for the resource is fine, but it is case-sensitive. The class is 'URxvt', an instance would be 'urxvt'.
This should be good for a first attempt at the proper size:
urxvt.font: -misc-tamsyn-medium-r-normal--14-101-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1
urxvt.boldFont: -misc-tamsyn-bold-r-normal--14-101-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1
That's about equal to DejaVu Sans Mono at 8 points.
If you have rebuilt your font cache, either by restarting X or running 'fc-cache -f', and you want to use Xft, then this is equivalent (Tamsyn does not use anti-aliasing):
urxvt.font: xft:Tamsyn:style=Regular:size=10.1
urxvt.boldFont: xft:Tamsyn:style=Bold:size=10.1

[Solved] IceWM can't show bitmap fonts without smoothing - how to fix?

http://cade.datamax.bg/away/icewm/
There are fonts in the menus - helvetica without smoothing. Kinda like Windows 3. I installed this package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40619 to get helvetica but it's not in this package. At least the helvetica like on screenshots. How do I install this font in Arch?
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The content of a directory is:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Apr 4 16:58 20-fix-globaladvance.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-fix-globaladvance.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Apr 4 17:02 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Apr 4 17:02 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Apr 4 17:02 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Apr 4 16:58 20-unhint-small-vera.conf -> ../conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Apr 4 16:58 29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf -> ../conf.avail/29-replace-bitmap-fonts.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Apr 4 16:58 30-metric-aliases.conf -> ../conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 4 16:58 30-urw-aliases.conf -> ../conf.avail/30-urw-aliases.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Apr 4 16:58 40-nonlatin.conf -> ../conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 4 16:58 45-latin.conf -> ../conf.avail/45-latin.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 4 16:58 49-sansserif.conf -> ../conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Apr 4 16:58 50-user.conf -> ../conf.avail/50-user.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 4 16:58 51-local.conf -> ../conf.avail/51-local.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Apr 4 17:02 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 4 17:02 57-dejavu-sans.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Apr 4 17:02 57-dejavu-serif.conf -> ../conf.avail/57-dejavu-serif.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 4 16:58 60-latin.conf -> ../conf.avail/60-latin.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Apr 4 16:58 65-fonts-persian.conf -> ../conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Apr 4 16:58 65-nonlatin.conf -> ../conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Apr 4 16:58 69-unifont.conf -> ../conf.avail/69-unifont.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 5 11:30 70-yes-bitmaps.conf -> ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 4 16:58 80-delicious.conf -> ../conf.avail/80-delicious.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 4 16:58 90-synthetic.conf -> ../conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf
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Bitmap font creator (for UTF-8 enconding)?

Hi
We have a multilangual project, where all textes are stored
in XML-files
with UTF-8 encoding
Text from XML was read by Director and shown through
Flash-objects
Now we want to display these text, using some bitmap fonts
(for examples all
letters of font are represented as sequence of small
letter-pictures, all
containing in one bitmap castmember + XML description file,
contatining
position of each letter in that bitmap castmember)
We need a bitmap font creator, that can create such images,
representing
fonts.
Important is, that this creator should store description file
in UTF-8
encoding, so that we can crate bitmap presentation for
german, french,
spanish etc. special characters. Does any one know about some
tool like
this?
Any other ideas will be very appreciated.
Thanx in advance,
LM

'''Xircal:''' this does not seem to be the case. When I go to Options > Content > Advanced > Other Languages I can see that Proportional is set to Sans Serif, and that Sans-Serif is set to Arial. The following line is also in my about:config:
font.default.x-unicode user set string sans-serif
'''cor-el:''' yes this is the address. While on this page, if I go to View > Character Encoding, the active selection is Unicode (UTF-8).
'''Edit:''' if I manually change this site's encoding to Western (ISO-8859-1) the font changes to that I specified for Western encoding in Advanced font options.

Is there anything Artistic/creative that you can use a BitMap font for

I was cleaning out my duplicate fonts and have some that have a bitmap versions. I was reading that postscript and true type are better to use. But---Before I empty the trash I was wondering is there anything artistic (maybe grungy or something) that a bitmap font could be used for that a true type or post script font would not do, even if its not used for legible text.
Thanks
on a mac, cs4

If you like a font, keep it. I suggest tat you use a font manager. I've got about 21,000 fonts in my library but I only keep about 300 activated. I use a font Font Explorer, but there are many good font managers out there.

[SOLVED] Unable to see certain glyphs in bitmap fonts

Could someone help me with the bitmap fonts? I am using the uushi font for the BAR: https://github.com/phallus/fonts
Although I've installed it and am able to use it in my terminal (termite), and SE the glyphs in gbdfed. I am unable to use the glyphs that are in the high 2xxx hex codes, such as the battery and the headphones icon.
any ideas? (also using infinality bundle, don't know if that affect things).
I even ensured that my termite is using the font. I can see some glyphs, but not all.
Edit: Turns out you have to do " echo -e \u2BFE" in the terminal and the copy and paste it.
Last edited by 3xOSC (2014-01-02 00:59:54)

Works on Mac CS6, but I have 0067 for unicode ID, and you have 0073, might be a recoding between systems i do not understand.
What happens if you copy from InDesign and paste to Illustrator. I did not find Opentype settings to affect this, but including in my screenshot incase that helps.
CS6 Mac Indesgin
CS6 Mac Illustrator
My Version
Funny was wondering If I even had that font, and was already open. Do not think hat is a system fonts.
I do not think this is ligatures, but another palette to check,

[SOLVED] Determining Bitmap Font [Terminus/2] Font Mappings

I was wondering there was ageneral rule fo thumb to determine font mappings in say Terminus 2 or other bitmap fonts.
To which escape sequences do the symbols correspond?
http://archlinux.me/w0ng/tag/dwm/
Last edited by wildfowl (2014-10-26 22:53:58)

Ahh thanks. Had better luck with fontforge instead.

Fontconfig must be reinstalled to use bitmap fonts

This is quite bizarre: if you install, say, artwiz-fonts, and then link 10-bitmaps.conf to yes-bitmaps.conf in /etc/fonts/conf.d, you still won't be able to use Artwiz fonts (or any bitmap fonts) next time you restart X. The only way to get the bitmap fonts working is to reinstall the fontconfig package.
I have absolutely no idea why this is the case, but I think I can safely say that it shouldn't be the case - reinstalling packages should not be required in order to change such basic settings.

Yes, I tried fc-cache. At first I thought it was just refreshing the font cache that did it - installing fontconfig does that - but it's not, it only works if you reinstall fontconfig.
(FWIW, you have to restart X anyway for the changes to take effect. If it takes effect after restarting the box, I don't particularly care, because you should never have to reboot in order to get changes to font configurations working. Also, remember that this behavior appeared with the latest version of fontconfig, not the previous version.)

Blurry bitmap fonts

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