[Flightgear-devel] New GUI Font

[HB-GRAL <fli...@sa...>]

Hello all

I started to create a new font for the FlightGear GUI the get better 
readability and to refresh the 'look' of the GUI. My work is based on 
Allerta (OFL) and I hope it could do a good job. My new FG-fonts are 
avaiable in .ttf and txf and are almost ready for use within FlightGear 
(of course some of the menus needs some minor changes).

During my changes I was looking to the "Font" directory and found a lot 
of fonts I think nobody needs in the base package? So I am also doing 
some changes to this directory. I do not know who is the maintainer of 
this directory (sorry I did not ask in the list before).

The new gui.txf could replace Helvetica.txf. 'gui.txf' is a 512x512 
texture file and has more characters than current Helvetica.txf. Also 
some special characters like arrows etc. Numbers are monospaced and the 
'0' (Zero) has a 'slash' (to do a better job i.e. for waypoints like 
'KLO08' or in callsigns).

gui.txf or a 'clone' can also be used for signage because it should 
contain all the characters used in Textures.high/Signs.

For my font tests I changed my private data/Font directory and 
data/gui/styles/antrax.xml of the base package, and also preferences.xml 
(for changes in the HUD).

With 'classic' colors:
http://www.sablonier.ch/flightgear/guifont/guifont_10.png

Or as 'variant', if someone wants to change the colors:
http://www.sablonier.ch/flightgear/guifont/guifont_9.png

The new 'Font' directory is avaibale here:
git clone git://gitorious.org/fgguifont/fgguifont.git

And here is a changed gui/styles/anthrax.xml
http://www.sablonier.ch/flightgear/guifont/antrax.xml

But first - what do you think about this new font? Should I go further 
or do you prefere the old pixel fonts for the GUI? What do you think 
about readability and this new look?

Thanks- Yves