Questions tagged [fonts]
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Does anyone prefer proportional fonts?
I was reading the wikipedia article on programming style and noticed something in an argument against vertically aligned code:
Reliance on mono-spaced font; tabular
formatting assumes that the editor
uses a fixed-width font. Most modern
code…
Jason Baker
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How does font rendering actually work?
I realize that I know essentially nothing about the way fonts get rendered in my computer.
From what I can observe, font rendering is generally made in a consistent way throughout the system. For instance, the subpixel font hinting settings that I…
Andrea
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I can type ⅓, ⅔ and ½ but can I type 3/3 and 2/2 using unicode?
I can type ⅓, ⅔ and ½ but can I type 3/3 and 2/2 using unicode? I know that from a mathematical point of view the fractions 2/2 = 3/3 = 1 but I am typing a list where I want to indicate that you have reached the final step (third step out of three…
d-b
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Are Microsoft fonts like Impact safe to use in Open Source projects?
I made an open source project that requires the use of the Impact.ttf font from Microsoft. I looked around but couldn't find a definite license option for MIT projects.
Do Microsoft's fonts (like Impact.ttf) conflict with the MIT license? If yes,…
Madara's Ghost
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Are there any programming fonts with oldstyle figures?
I find that oldstyle (or text) figures are much easier to read in any context outside of simple assignment. Are there any low-ambiguity fonts, monospaced or proportional, that have text figures and other programming-friendly features, such as marked…
Nicholas
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How to OCR and/or recreate lines of Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Unicode/HTML?
I am wondering how to take these Hieroglyphs and make them into Unicode. I read through the Tesseract docs on how to create training data, but it seems largely tailored toward "traditional" writing, that goes in one direction and has only one…
Lance Pollard
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How does the Arabic typographic layout system work at a high level?
I have some Arabic content that is justified according to western conventions.
I justified it because it is justified in ancient sources:
However, the way Arabic text justification works is by stretching the cursive words, instead of the…
Lance Pollard
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Using Fonts in your Applications
When writing applications for software, specifically mobile devices, will there be a problem with using any specific type of fonts (copyright/patent issues)?
If so, how can we avoid this possible problems?
Will it then make a difference if the app…
footprint.
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Asset licensing and GPL compatibility
If I want to bundle fonts and images with an application released under the GPL, are there specific requirements for the license of these assets?
Armand
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GPL+FE license also applies to fonts used for the UI of a software?
The GPL font exception allows the font to be embedded within a digital "document" file without requiring the "document" itself to also be shared with GPL.
Now I wonder, what is considered a "document"? If the GPL+FE font is embedded in a software to…
cmant
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Can I use a @font-face of "Courier New"?
I currently have my font stack:
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
In all browsers that I test in I see the font displayed in the Courier New font except for my android devices - my nexus and my kindle. And although they have a…
Aust
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Is there a specific reason that dingbat fonts are supported or ever even created?
I have known about the weird dingbat fonts since the first time I tried to change the font on MS word and stumbled upon them. Since then I never questioned them, I just thought hey cool. Now I have some questions.
What is the purpose behind…
AnotherUser
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Can I include a modified GPL/Apache licensed font in my LGPL project?
I want to include a GPL & Apache duel-licensed font in my LGPL project, but didn't really find a clue if that's possible.
There are two problems here:
I didn't find any clue about Apache license's "LGPL Compatibilty". I know both the licenses…
Felix Yan
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Unicode or font support for an embedded project
I am working on an project for development of an Embedded system with following requirements.
Should be able to receive a text in English language from a Host device. Interfaced over Modbus.
Should be able to convert a given text into a bit…
WedaPashi
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Using Apache Licensed font for mobile
We are looking to incorporate an open source font which uses the Apache License v2 in our mobile application. I have a couple of questions on proper procedure/etiquette:
For a font, does creating an application that incorporates the font count as a…
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