Re: [9fans] Acme: fonts

["Rubén Berenguel" <ruben@mostlymaths.net>]

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In my current computer the fonts look as crisp as any native Mac app,
except for slashes where some jagginess can be seen on close inspection.
Usually I'm not close enough to the computer to notice, but large fonts
have this (currently I'm using Cochin 20 and AnonymousPro 16) To get Monaco
or any other otf font from the system you actually need to compile and runt
fontsrv. I think I had to go through some hoops to compile it (don't
remember exactly, it was 4 months ago) but essentially should be going to
the fontsrv directory and mk (I guess some uncommenting was needed
somewhere in a makefile) once you have it, run it with & to keep it live to
list all fonts with 9p ls font to see what's available.

Ruben


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name> wrote:

> Your font does look better than what I have (but not perfect).
>  Monaco didn't come with 9p9.  Where did you get that?
>
> I am changing font via the Acme Font command on the tag line; i.e.
>
>      Font /usr/local/plan9port/font/fixed/unicode.9x15B.font
>
> It is changing the font.  The change is obvious.
>
> Since most Mac (or Linux) apps have fonts that appear smoothly, fonts
> without significant compression exist.  How can I get "uncompressed" / much
> higher resolution fonts for acme?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Blake
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Rubén Berenguel <ruben@mostlymaths.net>wrote:
>
>> Check here:
>>
>> https://vimeo.com/64487176
>>
>> The slight pixelation comes from the video compression. The font is
>> Monaco, on my old Macbook
>>
>> How are you exactly changing fonts, though?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>wrote:
>>
>>> 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, Rubén Berenguel <ruben@mostlymaths.net>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")
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> 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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