[openbeos] Re: font engine [was Re: Midi_server update]

Hi,

> PS: Something is wrong about the font engine: for small font size, 
> characters
> sometimes are glued together, as in the Pulse CPU's "Mhz" in Greg's
> screenshots. Any idea why? (I used to look better before - and more compact,
> no?).

Nothing changed with the font engine recently. One problem is that only one 
of the glyph spacing modes is currently supported/implemented. I think it 
would be B_CHAR_SPACING (using the spacing embedded in the font file). The 
spacing mode usually used in BeOS for the user interface is B_BITMAP_SPACING, 
which basically means that there is always at least one empty row of pixels 
between each glyph (my interpretation from BeBook). I plan to work again on 
the font engine sometime later this year... It is also crucial for getting 
more performance from the app_server when the drawing engine will be 
refactored (to allow one instance per window thread).

Best regards,
-Stephan

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