Quoting Bjørn Mork (2016-07-13 16:26:32) > Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> writes: > > > First step is to file an RFP: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1 > > That can be done by anyone - also an enthusiastic user or upstream > > themselves. > > > > When filed, the most efficient is to then refer to that bugreport, > > every time discussing/encouraging its packaging for Debian. > > OK, I'll look into this. Unless someone else beats me to it, or Uwe > wants to do it himself. > > >> In my opinion, UW ttyp0 is the best monospaced bitmap font family > >> out there. And I'm not alone in that view, since I foud it by > >> googling for good font recommendations. > > > > Could you please share some URLs supporting that research of yours? > > Looks like I exaggerated this quite a bit. Those entries were from > the author, so they don't really count for much... > > So I guess it's down to my recommendation, in case that still counts > :) > > The font filled a hole for me at least. And I have been through most > of what you get out of "xlsfonts -fn '*-m-*'" and "xlsfonts -fn > '*-c-*'" on a Debian sid system with most of the packages matching > "apt-file -l search /usr/share/fonts/X11" installed. Your recommendation carry more weight if elaborating more. * Which alternatives did you compare against and found inferior? * Which criteria did you focus in in your comparison? Here's my prioritized list of criteria: * Speed: Rendering of vector-based fonts is too slow for me. * Conservative: No slashed zero for me * Legibility: I like my fonts crisp and relatively large. * Coverage: I have a glyph fetish but only really need latin chars. I have so far settled for terminus-18, but am curious to learn more how it compares to alternatives by both objective and subjective measures. > > What I found that seemed reasonably active maintained and > > comparative (i.e. not slashdot-style) was > > https://github.com/powerline/fonts which doesn't even mention tty0. > > Yes, there are lots of such good lists. The problem for me was that > they "only" recommend Xft solutions. Which is natural since most use > cases are limited to the client and server running on the same host. Your ruling out Xft sounds like our needs are related. I am eager to learn more! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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