Re: [trigger-rally-devel] Font Replacement: NotCourierSans (GPL)

[Liviu A. <liv...@my...>]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:06:03 +0100, Iwan Gabovitch  
<qu...@go...> wrote:

> I (seem) to have figured out how the font texture gets sliced into
> characters and created a grid image that should help creating font  
> textures
> [1]. Then I created a NotCourierSans texture using that grid [2].
>
> [1] http://i.imgur.com/uNMsc.png
> [2] http://i.imgur.com/DgAEV.png
>
> I created two previews [3] [4].
>
> [3] http://i.imgur.com/lAAiz.jpg
> [4] http://i.imgur.com/Nr037.jpg
>
> I created this to replace the old font, which is not clear regarding
> license/author/origin. Can a developer approve of this font being used  
> as a
> replacement?
>
I tried the texture and I have a question: Why did you choose the  
monospaced NotCourierSans? I've gotten so accustomed to the (serif?) font  
used in Trigger that I have a hard time getting used to the boxy feeling  
of NotCourierSans. :)

How difficult is it to come up with the texture? What about using one of  
the Liberation (Sans or Serif) or DejaVu (Sans, Mono or Serif) variations,  
which are all excellent for on-screen rendering? If it is a mono font that  
we want, perhaps Terminus would fit the bill (it is excellent for  
rendering terminal output).

What do you think?


> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Iwan Gabovitch  
> <qu...@go...>wrote:
>
>> This video shows the font (black border) in action:
>> http://youtu.be/KH6FOywHfMI
>>
>> I think I spotted at least one error there. Perhaps somebody knows how  
>> big
>> each character's box is and whether there are margin/padding?
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Iwan Gabovitch  
>> <qu...@go...>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi people,
>>>
>>> I experimented with replacing the current font with a license-clear  
>>> font
>>> and found NotCourierSans Bold [1] (GPL, see license file in zip).
>>>
>>> [1] http://openfontlibrary.org/font/notcouriersans
>>>
>>> I tried versions without and with border. Here is how it looks in-game:
>>>
>>> no border 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095999/
>>> no border 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095893/
>>> grey border 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095521/
>>> grey border 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095635/
>>> black border 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095735/
>>> black border 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubodup/6798095803/
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, the click-area is a bit weird, it starts too soon at the
>>> top and not soon enough at the bottom, this I had to do, so 'g' and so  
>>> on
>>> are not cut off at the bottom. Here are the texture files for testing:
>>>
>>> no border http://ompldr.org/vY2s3ZA
>>> grey border http://ompldr.org/vY2s3ZQ
>>> black border http://ompldr.org/vY2s3Zg
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Iwan
>>>
>>
>>


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