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diff --git a/TOOLS/subfont-c/README b/TOOLS/subfont-c/README index 5989787d1a..dc1b78bd16 100644 --- a/TOOLS/subfont-c/README +++ b/TOOLS/subfont-c/README @@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ Usage: ~~~~~~ 1. Make sure you have FreeType 2 installed. 2. Get a TrueType or Type 1 font. -3. Modify `runme' script for your encoding and font path. -4. Type: ./runme -5. Copy *.raw and font.desc files to ~/.mplayer/font/ -6. Run subfont alone to see more options. +3. Run ./configure from mplayer's root directory. +4. Modify `runme' script for your encoding and font path. +5. Type: ./runme +6. Copy *.raw and font.desc files to ~/.mplayer/font/ +7. Run subfont alone to see more options. About: @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ I found on http://rpmfind.net/ and euc-kr encoding. Custom encoding file for euc-kr was generated from charmap I found in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/EUC-KR.gz (glibc package). This should work with -unicode switch for mplayer (though it is not Unicode encoding). -It took about 14 seconds to render over 8000 characters on P3 @ 600MHz. +It took about 10 seconds to render over 8000 characters on P3 @ 600MHz. Custom encodings: @@ -45,6 +46,34 @@ of a sigle line: 0105 B1 +New font.desc format (proposal): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~==========~ +Subfont will generate new font.desc format when compiled with NEW_DESC macro defined +(uncomment appropriate line in Makefile). + +These changes are to make bitmaps smaller and processing faster. + +Changes to [info] section: + There is no `spacewidth'. It will not be useful. + `height` is the distance from one baseline to the next. + `ascender' is the distance from the baseline to the highest grid coordinate used to place the outline point. + `descender' is the distance from the baseline to the lowest grid coordinate used to place the outline point. +Note: upwards direction is positive. +Read more: freetype-2.*/docs/glyphs/glyphs-3.html + +Changes to [characters] section: + Bitmap start and bitmap end are replaced with: + bitmap start, + bitmap width, + bitmap height, + left bearing -- the horizontal distance from the current pen position to the bitmaps's left edge, + top bearing -- the vertical distance from the baseline to the bitmaps's top edge, + advance -- the horizontal distance the pen position must be incremented by after each glyph is rendered. + +To anderstand this you must think in verctorial coordinates. +Necessarily read freetype-2.*/docs/glyphs/glyphs-7.html about vectorial coordinates! + + Notes: ~~~~~~ + Starting x position of each character and the bitmap width is aligned |