Re: [Devel] Compressed PCF fonts

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Another alternative is to convert everything to a much simpler
> format, like SFNT-based bitmap files, which are already supported by
> FreeType efficiently
> 
> (and that can hold several pixel sizes in a single file, instead of
>  having a ton of compressed file, one per size, which basically
>  means that you'll waste some room in your file system anyway..)

Go forth! :-)

> > Moreover, if we work with compressed (PCF and BDF) fonts, I do not
> > think that improving the BDF driver is an useful thing.
> 
> I don't really see any benefit in parsing BDF font files in
> real-time, even less in decompressing and parsing them in real
> time..

BDF support with and without compression indeed need not be very
efficient.  I like to have it just for completeness.

> While we're at it, why not use XML-based font formats :o)

Something like Just's fonttool stuff?


    Werner