[Bug 50796] New: Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New)
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796 Bug ID: 50796 Summary: Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New) Product: Wine Version: 6.4 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: gdi32 Assignee: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org Reporter: ulrich.gemkow(a)ikr.uni-stuttgart.de Distribution: --- wine uses for some legacy font names old bitmapped fonts (i.e. coure.fon for Courier) Some old postscript centric apps still use the original Postscript font names (i.e. "Courier") in templates and as default font in some scenarios. These old bitmapped fonts are mostly unusable with current common display resolutions, their resolution is much to small and they render unreadable. I would suggest to replace the old bitmapped fonts with current scalable fonts (i.e. coure.fon -> New Courier). I understand that I do not fully see the implications but maybe its time to retire these old fonts. [For me its not a problem, I have since some years patches to replace the old bitmapped fonts]. Thanks for considering. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796 --- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov <bunglehead(a)gmail.com> --- What is the actual issue and how do these application work on Windows, where such fonts are always available? -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796 --- Comment #2 from Ulrich Gemkow <ulrich.gemkow(a)ikr.uni-stuttgart.de> --- Thanks for asking! The actual issue is that the bitmap fonts are not readable (they are too "tiny") on displays with higher resolution. So when a application selects or uses the original "Courier" font, the app is not usable (i.e. Framemaker). I cannot test this on windows because unfortunately I have no longer a working windows installation. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796 Nikolay Sivov <bunglehead(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|gdi32 |-unknown -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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