[Bug 50796] New: Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New)

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

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: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      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.

[Bug 50796] Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New)

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796

--- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
What is the actual issue and how do these application work on Windows, where
such fonts are always available?

[Bug 50796] Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New)

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796

--- Comment #2 from Ulrich Gemkow  ---
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.

[Bug 50796] Replace legacy bitmap fonts (i.e. coure.fon) with scalabe fonts (i.e. Courier New)

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50796

Nikolay Sivov  changed:

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