nanogui: how to correct hzx12 chinese font
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] how to correct hzx12 chinese font
From:
"Alan Chuang" ####@####.####
Date:
10 Aug 2006 08:22:39 +0100
Message-Id: <f295c6330608100023l4017571fgf2aa473b53aa0b5e@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Greg:
I did look at the big5font.c file as well as trying to edit the
hzx12 using some of the font editors I can find. The hzx12 doesn't seem to
fall into any of the standard formats and it is also difficult to try
to update the big5font.c file.
What I finally did is switching to pcf font as you have also
suggested. I found one chinese pcf font on the net. Since it is Unicoded and
I need big-5 encoding, I used fontforge to change the encoding to big5 and
save it as bdf file. I then used the bdftopcf utility to convert it into pcf
file. One change I did need to change in my program is to use the
MWTF_DBCS_BIG5 flag instead of GR_TFASCII when calling the GrText function.
I will be happy to send this new pcf file to anyone who is interested in
using it.
regards,
Alan
On 8/10/06, Greg Haerr ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> : We have been using HZX12/HZX16 for displaying Traditional
> Chinese
> : on our embedded devices. Recently, we found that several chinese
> characters
> : were either missing or mismatched from their ASCII values. Does anyone
> : know to how hzx12/hzx16 are generated in the first place? How can I edit
> the
> : file to fix the bugs?
>
> Alan -
>
> The HZX stuff is very old, and not used anymore. The recommended
> approach would be to use a chinese .bdf file and the .pcf or
> .fnt binary format.
>
> However, check the src/fonts/chinese directory, you'll see a couple of
> files, big5font.c and packhz12.c, which should explain how this older
> font file got decoded.
>
> If you figure it out and correct it, please comment on the list about
> it and send me a patch.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
