Re: [STUMP] OTF fonts

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On Sun, Jan 08 2012, Christian Brassat wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 10:12:12AM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Is there any way to specify an OTF font for use in Stumpwn dialogues?
>> I'm on arch and have installed ttf-inconsolata, my favorite font, and
>> the only place I don't know how to get it working is in stump. Is it
>> possible to specify xft fonts for use in stump? Or, alternatively, can I
>> convert Inconsolata somehow, so that it can be specified with the
>> "-*-*-*-*" notation?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Eric
>> 
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> AFAIK you cannot use xft fonts in Stump. If you really want to, you
> should be able to convert Inconsolata to a bitmap font with Fontforge by
> loading it, and exporting it again as pcf. But in the process, you would
> lose all anti-aliasing, so the resulting font would probably turn out to
> look quite bad...
>
> Christian

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the response! I'll leave the defaults as-is; I'd hate to
de-anti-alias Inconsolata…

Much appreciated,
Eric