Fixed Width Font for COG

> Hey,
>
> I recently ran into the issue that I cannot use a fixed width/monospace font when working under COG.
>
> How can I include a custom font in the image?
>
> m(^_-)m
> camillo
>
>

> may be the freetype plugin is missing.
>
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> On Mar 11, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I recently ran into the issue that I cannot use a fixed width/monospace font when working under COG.
>>
>> How can I include a custom font in the image?
>>
>> m(^_-)m
>> camillo
>>
>>
>
>

>
> camillo
>
> On 2011-03-11, at 15:21, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>
>> may be the freetype plugin is missing.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I recently ran into the issue that I cannot use a fixed width/monospace font when working under COG.
>>>
>>> How can I include a custom font in the image?
>>>
>>> m(^_-)m
>>> camillo
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

> Den 12.03.2011 23:25, skrev Igor Stasenko:
>> On 12 March 2011 15:12, Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know what the proceedure is to include a new font directly in the image without plugin support?
>>>
>>> eg Issue 3809 using DejaVu Mono in the image
>>>
>> i don't think that possible because to rasterize fonts you need a renderer
> Not sure if you misread what Camillo wrote as "import directly into
> image", but including additional fonts are certainly possible :)
>
> As can be seen in the thread Damien linked in the issue, Juan did not
> provide any easily reproducable process for how he did it for the normal
> Deja Vu fonts though, so some experimentation would be necessary to
> achieve good results.
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
>
> PS:
> http://forum.world.st/Is-it-possible-to-setup-Russian-fonts-in-Pharo-Cog-VM-td3329185.html#a3332820
> , you can include the FT2Plugin from a standard vm somewhere Cog will
> find it, and it should work.
> Really should make this a FAQ entry :)
>

> I would be interested in the result as well. Is there anyone working/experimenting with this?
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
>
> On 12 Mar 2011, at 23:54, Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote:
>
>> Den 12.03.2011 23:25, skrev Igor Stasenko:
>>> On 12 March 2011 15:12, Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know what the proceedure is to include a new font directly in the image without plugin support?
>>>>
>>>> eg Issue 3809 using DejaVu Mono in the image
>>>>
>>> i don't think that possible because to rasterize fonts you need a renderer
>> Not sure if you misread what Camillo wrote as "import directly into
>> image", but including additional fonts are certainly possible :)
>>
>> As can be seen in the thread Damien linked in the issue, Juan did not
>> provide any easily reproducable process for how he did it for the normal
>> Deja Vu fonts though, so some experimentation would be necessary to
>> achieve good results.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Henry
>>
>> PS:
>> http://forum.world.st/Is-it-possible-to-setup-Russian-fonts-in-Pharo-Cog-VM-td3329185.html#a3332820
>> , you can include the FT2Plugin from a standard vm somewhere Cog will
>> find it, and it should work.
>> Really should make this a FAQ entry :)
>>
>
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>
> "What we can governs what we wish."
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> just copying over the plugin worked perfectly.
> nevertheless I think we should include the two fonts directly in the image...
>
> though I wont have time to solve this the next few weeks. basically we need to write out each character of the ascii range into an image and store the x offset of each character in an array.
>
>
> camillo
>
> On 2011-03-13, at 17:41, Tudor Girba wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in the result as well. Is there anyone working/experimenting with this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doru
>>
>>
>> On 12 Mar 2011, at 23:54, Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote:
>>
>>> Den 12.03.2011 23:25, skrev Igor Stasenko:
>>>> On 12 March 2011 15:12, Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know what the proceedure is to include a new font directly in the image without plugin support?
>>>>>
>>>>> eg Issue 3809 using DejaVu Mono in the image
>>>>>
>>>> i don't think that possible because to rasterize fonts you need a renderer
>>> Not sure if you misread what Camillo wrote as "import directly into
>>> image", but including additional fonts are certainly possible :)
>>>
>>> As can be seen in the thread Damien linked in the issue, Juan did not
>>> provide any easily reproducable process for how he did it for the normal
>>> Deja Vu fonts though, so some experimentation would be necessary to
>>> achieve good results.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Henry
>>>
>>> PS:
>>> http://forum.world.st/Is-it-possible-to-setup-Russian-fonts-in-Pharo-Cog-VM-td3329185.html#a3332820
>>> , you can include the FT2Plugin from a standard vm somewhere Cog will
>>> find it, and it should work.
>>> Really should make this a FAQ entry :)
>>>
>>
>> --
>> www.tudorgirba.com
>>
>> "What we can governs what we wish."
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>

> Which plugin exactly and where to copy it from? :)
>
> Doru
>
>
> On 13 Mar 2011, at 22:11, Camillo Bruni wrote:
>
>> just copying over the plugin worked perfectly.
>> nevertheless I think we should include the two fonts directly in the image...
>>
>> though I wont have time to solve this the next few weeks. basically we need to write out each character of the ascii range into an image and store the x offset of each character in an array.
>>
>>
>> camillo
>>
>> On 2011-03-13, at 17:41, Tudor Girba wrote:
>>
>>> I would be interested in the result as well. Is there anyone working/experimenting with this?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Doru
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 Mar 2011, at 23:54, Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Den 12.03.2011 23:25, skrev Igor Stasenko:
>>>>> On 12 March 2011 15:12, Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyone know what the proceedure is to include a new font directly in the image without plugin support?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eg Issue 3809 using DejaVu Mono in the image
>>>>>>
>>>>> i don't think that possible because to rasterize fonts you need a renderer
>>>> Not sure if you misread what Camillo wrote as "import directly into
>>>> image", but including additional fonts are certainly possible :)
>>>>
>>>> As can be seen in the thread Damien linked in the issue, Juan did not
>>>> provide any easily reproducable process for how he did it for the normal
>>>> Deja Vu fonts though, so some experimentation would be necessary to
>>>> achieve good results.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Henry
>>>>
>>>> PS:
>>>> http://forum.world.st/Is-it-possible-to-setup-Russian-fonts-in-Pharo-Cog-VM-td3329185.html#a3332820
>>>> , you can include the FT2Plugin from a standard vm somewhere Cog will
>>>> find it, and it should work.
>>>> Really should make this a FAQ entry :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> www.tudorgirba.com
>>>
>>> "What we can governs what we wish."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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