I could not find any 8-dot braille font in the open world so since time is money and since I already spent too much time researching that already I might just get a good true type font editor and build one for brailleblaster instead. François. On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM, François Ouellette <braille@xxxxxxx> wrote: > John: the font files are indeed binary, they would need to be copied during > installation. I still haven't found a 8-dot Braille font. If anyone has any > source, please step in! > > Speaking of fonts, I haven't used a Linux system for a while, and don't have > access to a Mac. Can people who are knowledgeable on those platforms tell me > if there is a 'Courier' or 'Courier New' font available as a native font to > their respective windowing interface? > > Thanks. > > François. > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:29 AM, John J. Boyer > <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi Francois, >> >> This is a good idea. However, the fonts can't be in the repository, >> since they are binary. The folder can be set up with a README file that >> explains this. The fonts will be placed in this directory, just not >> added to the repository. >> >> We need an 8-dot Braille font that shows the dot patterns for the >> Unicode characters. >> >> John >> >> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 09:49:21AM -0400, Fran�ois Ouellette wrote: >> > John: we will likely need a folder to put font files with the improved >> > GUI. >> > We need to use braille fonts without having them installed on the >> > system, >> > and we can also have additional ASCII fonts that would help readability >> > of >> > the Daisy window. Therefore I propose that we we can keep the ttf files >> > in >> > programData/fonts. >> > Thanks. >> > >> > François >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:35 PM, John J. Boyer >> > <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> > >> > > Hi Alex, >> > > >> > > That would be fine. Could you send the text files now and the actual >> > > installer when we are ready for release? >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > John >> > > >> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 07:22:38AM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >> > > > Hi John, >> > > > >> > > > As for a Mac installer, I can send you both the binary installer and >> > > > the >> > > shell script + package maker files I used to generate it. >> > > > >> > > > Does this sound sufficient? >> > > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > Alex, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Alex Jurgensen, >> > > > Community Coordinator, >> > > > The Camp Bowen Society for the Visually Impaired, >> > > > >> > > > Explore Camp Bowen online at: http://www.campbowen.ca/ >> > > > >> > > > Phone: 778-908-0521 >> > > > E-mail: ASquared21@xxxxxxxxx >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On 2012-07-09, at 4:52 AM, Lars Bjørndal wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > [John] >> > > > > >> > > > >> Before creating the new .iss files, we have to >> > > > >> solve the problem of accessing the items on the help menu. As far >> > > > >> as I >> > > > >> can see, neither spaces not quotation marks are allowed in the >> > > > >> file >> > > > >> paths. It may be necessary to install BrailleBlaster in a >> > > > >> directory >> > > > >> other than Program files. >> > > > > >> > > > > No. All sophisticated Windows installers are capable of handling >> > > > > Windows file- and path names. To get this correct on different >> > > > > languages, you should use names like "%programfiles%", >> > > > > %programdata% >> > > > > etc. >> > > > > >> > > > > Lars >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer >> > > Abilitiessoft, Inc. >> > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com >> > > Madison, Wisconsin USA >> > > Developing software for people with disabilities >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> -- >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer >> Abilitiessoft, Inc. >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com >> Madison, Wisconsin USA >> Developing software for people with disabilities >> >> >