Re: rest of the Big Font stuff
Colin
I'm back again. Yes, the Chinese fonts are mostly just plain and center,
no offsets or baselines. The reason to go to 32X32 is that there are more
than just a few characters which have over 24 different 'strokes' in them
and it is literally impossible to duplicate them in less than 32 dots from
bottom to top. This is why ANY 16 dpi oriental font file is useless for
anything more than common writing. As to the grid taking care of the
layout on a sheet (or page) you are totally correct about the bitmap
controlling its own space and the space around it. As to kerning and
larger spacing between the lines; don't worry about it. There is one other
thing though: when a vertical mode is being used, Roman letters (that is,
our ABC..xyz etc.) are ALSO strung vertically, but I will build a special
set for this purpose and donate it into the EUphoria community domain.
Also, I suppose at some time I should start to pop in a few fonts, such as
the Korean and so on. Not my great big on, but something that has learing
tools attached to it.
As per the Font File Format (HBF or whatever) check out Lucius output and
we should see which suits best here. But I think both directions are
strong, we will have to figure this all out like you say.
Thanks!
I will do some more on this tomorrow along with more on the Chinese [Han]
typography.
Regards, Norm
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