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NiLuJe · 08-04-2013, 01:32 PM

And before someones asks:

If I don't care about default fonts overrides, and custom freetype libs, what does this do better than just using USE_ALT_FONTS manually?

Well, not much, but a bit: a nicer UI via KUAL, and a saner & faster handling of cache updates & framework restarts (we never switch the rootfs rw, we only update the cache of custom fonts so it's much faster, and it's saved/restored at boot/shutdown to avoid having to rebuild it every boot [the fontconfig cache lives in a tmpfs]). Also, the KF8 reader is restarted, so the initial testing of new fonts in all kinds of content is much faster because it doesn't initially require a full restart.

Speaking of, with the CJK fonts hidden, 15 custom font families is a good maximum number if you want to keep the Aa menu manageable

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And finally: I haven't tested the browser and/or mesquite apps, so I do not know how these will behave. AFAICT, it should just work, but the font overrides might not take there.

08-04-2013, 01:32 PM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,478 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	And before someones asks: If I don't care about default fonts overrides, and custom freetype libs, what does this do better than just using USE_ALT_FONTS manually? Well, not much, but a bit: a nicer UI via KUAL, and a saner & faster handling of cache updates & framework restarts (we never switch the rootfs rw, we only update the cache of custom fonts so it's much faster, and it's saved/restored at boot/shutdown to avoid having to rebuild it every boot [the fontconfig cache lives in a tmpfs]). Also, the KF8 reader is restarted, so the initial testing of new fonts in all kinds of content is much faster because it doesn't initially require a full restart. Speaking of, with the CJK fonts hidden, 15 custom font families is a good maximum number if you want to keep the Aa menu manageable . And finally: I haven't tested the browser and/or mesquite apps, so I do not know how these will behave. AFAICT, it should just work, but the font overrides might not take there. Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-12-2013 at 05:48 PM.