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From: JEDIDIAH on 16 Jun 2010 20:59
On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>
>
> On 2010-06-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
>>> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>>>
>>> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
>>> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>>
>> Why bother anymore?
>>
>
> What exactly are you trying to say?

Why would anyone bother with that anymore?

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From: Ignoramus27711 on 16 Jun 2010 22:03
On 2010-06-17, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2010-06-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>>> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
>>>> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>>>>
>>>> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
>>>> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>>>
>>> Why bother anymore?
>>>
>>
>> What exactly are you trying to say?
>
> Why would anyone bother with that anymore?
>

I need this for an app that I am programming. I cannot disclose
anything about it.

i
From: Josef Moellers on 17 Jun 2010 02:46
Am 17.6.2010 schrub Ignoramus27711:

> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>
> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>
> However, ttf2bdf is buggy and cannot convert, say, COUR.ttf (Corier
> New font). It chokes on it and produces a file without any characters
> defined.
>
> Freetype1 is no longer supported, so I am looking for an alternative.
>
> Freetype2 seems to only be a library.
>
> So, I want to find some tool to convert TTF fonts to bitmapped Unix
> fonts (PCF).


If all fails, you could use Perl/Image::Magick to render the characters
and then convert the image to the PCF.

Josef
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From: Hadron on 17 Jun 2010 04:33
Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> writes:

> On 2010-06-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
>>> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>>>
>>> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
>>> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>>
>> Why bother anymore?
>>
>
> What exactly are you trying to say?
>
> i

A lot of words with little content. Its what Jed does.
From: JEDIDIAH on 17 Jun 2010 10:16
On 2010-06-17, Hadron <hadronquark(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2010-06-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>>> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
>>>> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>>>>
>>>> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
>>>> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>>>
>>> Why bother anymore?
>>>
>>
>> What exactly are you trying to say?
>>
>> i
>
> A lot of words with little content. Its what Jed does.

It's 2010. What exactly would you want with a BDF font Hadron?

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