FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering By 40%
The widely-used FreeType library used for rendering text onto bitmaps has landed a significant optimization for its LCD filtering code path for Microsoft ClearType-like rendering. Thanks to the improvement, the rendering can be around 40% faster⊠â Read more
I just want to use this old (bitmap?) font â Read more
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@prologic Hmm, good question. I havenât checked the market, I got mine from someone I know. But to be honest, Iâd suspect that buying a used one is actually your best shot, because there is virtually no market for these devices anymore, meaning new ones are very, very expensive. đ«€
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@prologic@twtxt.net Itâs quite similar to how escape sequences work in a terminal. ASCII text is printed as ASCII text and then an escape sequence can make it bold or underline and so on. Other escape sequences allow you to say âthe following $n bytes are part of a bitmap imageâ, and then this gets printed at whatever the current position is (somewhat similar to SIXEL in a terminal).
Itâs just that the units are a bit weird, because this is all done in bloody inch. đ
Highlights from Git 2.46
Git 2.46 is here with new features like pseudo-merge bitmaps, more capable credential helpers, and a new git config command. Check out our coverage on some of the highlights here.
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hoard of bitfonts: [[https://github.com/robhagemans/hoard-of-bitfonts]] #links #typography #bitmap #fonts #1bit #8bit #pixelart
after a month hiatus, I am getting back into some low level norns work. 8x8 bitmap fonts look real good on this thing
GitHub - robey/font-problems: command-line tool for reading and writing console bitmap fonts https://github.com/robey/font-problems