[squeak-dev] Re: How to compile FreeType Plugin (FT2Plugin)?
Igor Stasenko
siguctua at gmail.com
Fri Mar 21 03:04:34 UTC 2008
My humble 2 cents.
Fonts require a complete refactoring:
- in a ways how font interacts with canvas
- in a ways how font interacts with primitives (if any)
- use more simplified approach for rendering
On 21/03/2008, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Juan Vuletich wrote:
> > - The memory consumption estimation you made was with the form that is
> > used to build the fonts. The forms actually stored in the fonts are
> > smaller. The fonts I included go from 1293 * 11 to 2917 * 33.
>
>
> If we average this (is that fair?) it would come out to:
>
> 2100 "width" * 22 "height" * 4 "depth" * 5 "fonts" * 5 "sizes" * 32
> "derived"
>
> => 147,840,000
>
>
> > - My code is just a small fix to StrikeFonts. As such, I think it
> > belongs in any official release.
>
>
> Uhm, no, not really. It's a new feature not a fix. As such, it should be
> treated with some caution. I'm not saying that it can't be included but
> there are some aspects about it that make me feel very uneasy (for
> example the whole kadoodle in Grafport - I'm virtually certain that
> there will be situations where this is wrong).
>
> As a matter of fact I'd probably vote for leaving StrikeFont completely
> alone and introduce a new font subclass for these guys. It makes clear
> where the assumptions are and the extension points for fonts are by now
> defined well-enough that these fonts could be one loadable option.
>
>
> > - There are four (that I know) advanced approach to fonts for Squeak:
> > TTCFont, FreeType, Cairo / Rome and Pango. It makes sense to me to
> > include StrikeFonts (including my 32bit fix) in a basic official image,
> > with a really small set of fonts. Then the developer can choose an
> > advanced font package if needed, taking into account that TTCFont needs
> > way more memory than 32 bit StrikeFonts (due to color glyph cache) and
> > that the other options need specific plugins.
>
>
> It makes more sense to me if your fonts are one of the loadable options
> from Squeakmap. Then people can decide whether they want one, the other,
> or both.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Andreas
>
>
--
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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