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BDF fonts no longer supported by pango
See details here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues/386
It seems all bitmap fonts will need to be OpenType CFF moving forward.
thank you for bringing this to my notice!
i have tried a couple of converters, but the spacing seems to be wonky. ill see what i can do.
cheers!
As soon as this change is made I’ll update the AUR packages accordingly.
fontforge seems to have bdf to otb (i believe harfbuzz works fine with opentype bitmaps) conversion. works fine so far. ill test things out a bit more and get back!
a quick heads up if you are on the fence about upgrading to pango 1.44:
pango switching to harfbuzz only affects programs that use pango, eg.: gtk applications. programs like rxvt and xterm that use xft (freetype) will continue to work just fine with bdfs, with the pango 1.44 update.
in any case i would recommend not using curie or scientifica (or any bitmap only font) on gtk applications because it can hinder ui scaling.
i currently don't have a working virtual installation to test out pango 1.44, but the otbs seem to work fine on my existing setup (1.40).
i have added the otbs (to both curie and scientifica as well). please do give them a go, and tell me what you think.
So it's only been a few minutes but I'm not noticing any issues with curie's otb variants on pango 1.44.
The otb files are looking good! I submitted new AUR packages for both and have requested the old packages be merged with the new ones so users get the otb files the next time they update.