1. more background on fonts
Colin
The schematic I follow is the layout according to that laid down in print
for the Imperial Library of Emperor Kang-hsi around 1692 AD. This is
massive and consequently ignored nowadays by almost everyone. Ignored that
is, until someone has to try and decode an older character (and this
happens quite a bit: the written characters have been in use since about
1200 BC!, and this applies to the Japanese and Koreans too, especially
since both still have royal families and subsequent official documents
needing either an exact character which gives a clear definition, or an
exact character which gives a obtuse, unclear definition! Politicians are
all the same no matter where you go.) or has to update a new idea from an
old one.
I agree with you on the HBF and BDF formats being unsuitable.
As to shrinking the size of the overall font set, I can live with or
without it. Ram is cheap. But what you say IS true. I will think about
how to make this happen if you like, but I don't think the gain is a real
factor at this point.
Yes, I do indeed use your Sprite tools, they made a lot of what I am doing
right now possible. How about EXTENDING the Font Editor you built so that
it works as a graft onto one of the available Hex Editors... large jumps
can be made and the raw material read. Well, its only an idea (probably
too nuts-- the kind of stuff I come up with most of the time).
Please remember that I work with fixed-size bitmaps because of the needs of
what I am doing, but after all, who cares what happens inside of the box as
long as what comes out of the box is OK.
Will write more on this but need to mull over your suggestions first.
Norm
