From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:50:13 -0600 Message-ID: From: Blake McBride To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2d3de94ab4f04ed478960 Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme: fonts Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9653d5d2-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a11c2d3de94ab4f04ed478960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I checked. fontsrv didn't compile. I'm sure I can get it to compile but I don't see the point. Acme comes up, I can change fonts, etc.. What will fontsrv buy me? Incidentally, when I look on the net at picture or videos of acme, the fonts they show on all of those are pixilated too. See: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Acme.png http://research.swtch.com/acme Those look like mine. Obviously it is highly usable, but the fonts shown are pixilated and not smooth like fonts that come with the Mac, Linux, etc. Thanks. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rub=E9n Berenguel w= rote: > When I installed p9ports in my new Macbook Air (around 4 months ago), > fontsrv didn't compile "out of the box," I had to compile it separately. > For me all available fonts read perfectly well and sharp (Mac OS X 10.9 o= n > Air 13" and Mac OS X 10.6.8 on Macbook 13") > > Regards, > > Ruben > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:26 PM, wrote: > >> > still a bit pixilated >> >> 1 bit fonts are legible. this is a feature. >> >> sl >> >> > --001a11c2d3de94ab4f04ed478960 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I checked. =A0fontsrv=A0didn't compile. = =A0I'm sure I can get it to compile but I don't see the point. =A0A= cme comes up, I can change fonts, etc.. =A0What will fontsrv= =A0buy me?

Incidentally, when I look on the net at picture= or videos of acme, the fonts they show on all of those are pi= xilated too. =A0See:


Those look like mine. =A0Obviously it is highly u= sable, but the fonts shown are pixilated and not smooth like fonts that com= e with the Mac, Linux, etc.

Thanks.



O= n Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rub=E9n Berenguel <ruben@mostlymaths.n= et> wrote:
When I installed p9ports in= my new Macbook Air (around 4 months ago), fontsrv didn't compile "= ;out of the box," I had to compile it separately. For me all available= fonts read perfectly well and sharp (Mac OS X 10.9 on Air 13" and Mac= OS X 10.6.8 on Macbook 13")=A0

Regards,=A0

Ruben


On= Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:26 PM, <sl@9front.org> wrote:
> still a bit pixilated

1 bit fonts are legible. this is a feature.

sl



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