Post #2710180
2026-05-14 10:58 UTC
@drj@typo.social Phew, I think when it comes to technical capabilities, the early Mac format(s) probably win (NFNT/FOND). Although that wasn't quite my timeline, so I'm not sure how well the advanced kerning capabilities were actually used.
I still have a soft spot for the Unix ASCII formats, like .xpm for images, and that includes the BDF format for fonts. Adjusting a letter for your personal needs with a text editor is just neat.
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@drj@typo.social 2026-05-14 11:12
@mhd@tilde.zone ah NFNT/FOND is a good call.
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@drj@typo.social 2026-05-17 15:40
@mhd@tilde.zone so i never did play around with BDF fonts in the 1990s when i was using X11. I guess because the setup i used most, an X server logged onto a large shared Unix server, did not allow me to fiddle the served fonts. Except reading around now, it seems that i can (or could have) run my own `xfs` and edit BDFs in a subdirectory of $HOME. I guess i wasn't that interested at the time. Also, in my first job, where there were plenty of different Unix workstations it would have been possible to "borrow" fonts from another font server; but again, never did that either.