[Qgis-developer] Default typeface to package with app

[G. Allegri]

I agree with you Larry. Your reasons are similar to those undergoing the
choice of having an embedded font, and it is DejaVu ;-)

giovanni

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Il giorno 15/set/2012 22:33, "Larry Shaffer" <larrys at dakotacarto.com> ha
scritto:

> Hi,
>
> Not sure if this has been discussed before, but how about including a
> default typeface to package with releases/source? Here are several
> reasons for doing so:
>
> * Standard QFontMetrics allow for developing a GUI overhaul around a
> known font across all platforms (at least in a pointsize at dpi default
> sense).
> * Known font metrics allow for standardizing relative font sizes in
> app-wide stylesheets, and per platform where needed.
> * Adding tests for the labeling engine would need a standard font of
> consistent metrics and available/functional on all platforms.
> * Currently the only Qt default font on all platforms (Courier, I
> believe) is not necessarily of similar metrics, since it is from
> various sources, nor is it IMHO very nice looking (apologies to any
> Courier fans).
> * Have a better/consistent monospaced font for the Python Console and
> anywhere editor instances (e.g. QScintilla2) or code snippets are
> displayed.
> * Have a known set of available Unicode glyphs for translators to rely
> upon.
> * Have a default font that provides a known set of Unicode glyphs for
> font markers in symbology. (Could be spread across multiple default
> symbol fonts.)
> * Provide workarounds for QtDesigner bug where platform-specific fonts
> end up embedded in .ui files [0].
>
> There are probably other good reasons. I've looked at several typeface
> candidates and think the DejaVu project's family of fonts [1] would
> work well. While DejaVu (based off of Bitstream's Vera Sans) is
> already available for Ubuntu and other Linux distros, it is relatively
> unused, though fully compatible, on all supported QGIS platforms [2].
> Downside: about 5 MBs extra (compressed) for package.
>
> As a TTF DejaVu can readily be loaded into QFontDatabase [3] on
> platforms that do not have a compatible DejaVu typeface already
> installed. This would probably entail only loading 4 heavily-used
> faces, like Sans Book/Bold and Mono Book/Bold, though I think the
> entire typeface should be included.
>
> Any other ideas for embedded fonts? Note: fonts to consider should be
> in TTF format, offer enough font faces, provide enough language and
> Unicode character support, and be available under the SIL Open Font
> [4] or similarly compatible license.
>
>
> [0] Search for 'font-family:' in .ui files
> [1] http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts
> [3]
> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.7/qfontdatabase.html#id-5441ac2b-3b52-411e-b2be-7ee83eef8041
> [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
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