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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7127) [FS] Screen design
From: "Morgan Jones" <morgan.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:24:10 -0800
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<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >

> I really see that designing a font with good hinting is hard work.
> Only good truetype fonts (which are then not released under GPL)
> have good hinting. I think we would be better advised to search for
> a bitmap font for the small sizes (10-14). These just look better at
> small sizes.

Seems like the best solution.

Can you mail me an example or link to a bitmap font like you're
suggesting?  I want to see if they're compatible/convertable with
Amiga Bitmap fonts.

     -Morgan




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