Re: [afp-renderer-developers] [Fwd: Re: Non scalable fonts]

[Pete T. <pet...@gm...>]

Joe, see latest email - looks like the FO team want to do the same....



Joe Schmetzer wrote:

>This is just a FYI...
>
>I spotted the following message on the fop-dev mailing list. It got me
>thinking that it's probably well overdue to make plans about migrating
>the AFP Renderer to work the the FOP trunk. It would be nice to at least
>have a plan of action in place before the new FOP hits the public.
>
>Joe Schmetzer .:. Renaissance Developer .:. http://www.exubero.com/
>
>-------- Forwarded Message --------
>From: Vincent Hennebert <vin...@en...>
>Reply-To: fo...@xm...
>To: fo...@xm...
>Subject: Re: Non scalable fonts
>Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:56:17 +0100
>
>Hi Manuel,
>
> > Just came across a scenario (AFP Renderer) where I need to support non
> > scalable fonts. The current FOP trunk font system is not very good at
> > this as it does font selection purely based on (name, style, weight).
> >
> > Does FOray font support non scalable fonts (raster / bitmap fonts)?
>
>Theoretically yes, but this is not implemented.
>
>
> > Is font size a possible font selection criteria in FOray?
>
>Yes. When requesting a font, the size must always be
>provided.
>
>
> > Does FOray support adding new types of fonts, i.e. is its font support
> > extensible?
>
>Yes. FOrayFont was designed with extensibility in mind [1].
>
>There are two main types of fonts in FOrayFont: system fonts
>i.e., fonts registered by the Java awt system; and
>free-standing fonts, which are directly handled by FOray and
>for which a font file is available. For now the only
>supported free-standing fonts are Type1 and TrueType fonts.
>You typically need a third type of FreeStandingFont, a kind
>of BitmapFont.
>
>Victor will be more able than me to evaluate the feasibility
>of such a thing. I suggest you subscribe to the
>foray-developer mailing list [2] and ask your question
>there.
>
>
> > How is the FOray font integration coming along? The reason behind this
> > question is simply - do I waste my time in modifying the current FOP
> > font system to somehow support non scalable fonts because FOray font is
> > imminent and I better wait for it or is it a fair way (months) down the
> > track and I have to find a workable intermediate solution for the
> > problem at hand?
>
>If all goes well, I should have a ready patch in 2 weeks. If
>you want I can post an updated pre-patch on Bugzilla,
>although I'm a bit ashamed of all the awful things I've put
>in the code and that I must correct... But don't hesitate to
>ask.
>
>Cheers,
>Vincent
>
>
>[1] http://foray.sourceforge.net/dev/font/planning.html
>[2] http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=109663
>
>
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