From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rub=E9n_Berenguel?= Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:53:02 +0100 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8fb20888dc90c604ed479435 Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme: fonts Topicbox-Message-UUID: 965a28e2-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --e89a8fb20888dc90c604ed479435 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 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 wi= ll > 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, et= c. > > Thanks. > > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rub=E9n Berenguel 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, wrote: >> >>> > still a bit pixilated >>> >>> 1 bit fonts are legible. this is a feature. >>> >>> sl >>> >>> >> > --e89a8fb20888dc90c604ed479435 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Check here:


The= slight pixelation comes from the video compression. The font is Monaco, on= my old Macbook

How are you exactly changing fonts, though?
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On Wed, Dec 1= 1, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name> wrot= e:
I checked. =A0fontsrv= =A0didn't compile. =A0I'm sure I can get it to compile but I= don't see the point. =A0Acme comes up, I can change fonts, etc.. =A0Wh= at 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.



On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rub= =E9n 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")=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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