README.txt for "tuxpaint-ttf-zh_tw"
Traditional Chinese TrueType Font (TTF) for Tux Paint
Song Huang
song@song.idv.tw
Oct 23, 2005 - Oct 23, 2005
This font is required to run Tux Paint in Traditional Chinese.
(e.g., with the "--lang zh_tw" option)
To install, run "make install" as the superuser ('root').
The font file will be placed in the /usr/share/tuxpaint/fonts/locale/ directory.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Song Huang" <Song@ossacc.org>
To: "Developmental mailing list for Tux Paint, a drawing program for young children." <tuxpaint-dev@tux4kids.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:10 PM
Subject: the font subset maker
> Hi,
>
> The font mustly large, especially traditional chinese font more then 13 MB.
>
> I used python and fontforge to take PO file's msgstr, and generate a subset font file.
> here is the files:
> - python script:
> http://www.ossacc.org/Members/song/DrWangFreeTTF/maketuxfont.py
> - fontforge script:
> http://www.ossacc.org/Members/song/DrWangFreeTTF/tuxpaintsubset.pe
> - the traditional chinese font subset file:
> http://www.ossacc.org/Members/song/DrWangFreeTTF/zh_tw.ttf
>
> Usage: (put the scripts together)
>
> $ ./maketuxfont.py -h
> usage: ./maketuxfont.py [options] original_font_file
>
> options:
> --version show program's version number and exit
> -h, --help show this help message and exit
> -lLOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
> to make the locale fonts subset
> -pPOFILE, --pofile=POFILE
> parse the pofile to get strings
>
> Example:
>
> $ ./maketuxfont.py \
> -l zh_tw \
> -p tuxpaint/src/po/zh_tw.po \
> -p tuxpaint-stamps/po/tuxpaint-stamps-zh_tw.po \
> wp010-05.ttf
>
> then will get the "zh_tw.ttf" file.
>
> Best regards,
> =============================================
> Song Huang
> OSSACC (OSS Application Consulting Center)
> http://www.ossacc.org
> =============================================
>
