split; & update ratio.txt

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/M17N:fonts/int10h-oldschoolpc-fonts?expand=0&rev=6

int10h-oldschoolpc-fonts.changes

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Thu Oct 29 11:37:28 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 - Update to version 2.0
   * Added new variants: Ac (aspect corrected) and
     Mx (Mixed outline + bitmap).
+  * New fonts (overview): AMI EGA, AST PremiumExec (quite like
+    VGA SquarePx), Acer-*, Apricot-*, Compaq Port3, DOS V, EpsonMGA,
+    EverexME (like EGA), IBM Model30, IBM PS/55, LE Model D, NEC APC3, Nix8810,
+    Olivetti M15/MX, Trident
+  * ToshibaLCD was renamed to ToshibaSat; a few other minor
+    renames.
+- All pre-stretched fonts (both Ac or Px-2X/Px-2Y variants) were
+  moved to the -stretched subpackage.
    
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 Tue Jan 22 23:14:06 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>

int10h-oldschoolpc-fonts.spec

@@ -32,16 +32,24 @@ BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
-This fontpack contains remakes of various type styles
-from text-mode era PCs — in modern Unicode-compatible TrueType form
-(plus straight bitmap versions). The main focus is on hardware
-character sets: the kind that's located in a ROM and shown by default
-when working in text (or graphics) mode.
+This fontpack contains remakes of various type styles from text-mode
+era PCs — in modern Unicode-compatible TrueType form (plus straight
+bitmap versions). The main focus is on hardware character sets: the
+kind that's located in a ROM and shown by default when working in
+text (or graphics) mode.
 
 [ Classic hardware text mode stretches the fonts to fit the screen!
 To recreate the same visuals of that, a stretch factor must be
 applied. For details, see ratio.txt inside the package. ]
 
+%package stretched
+Summary:        Pre-stretched versions of int10h-oldschoolpc-fonts
+Group:          System/X11/Fonts
+
+%description stretched
+This package contains aspect-corrected and non-corrected-but-stretched
+variants of the main font files.
+
 %prep
 %setup -Tcqa0
 cp "%_sourcedir/ratio.txt" .
@@ -53,12 +61,17 @@ mv LICENSE.TXT license.txt
 %install
 c="%buildroot/%_ttfontsdir"
 mkdir -p "$c"
+rm -fv */Mx*.ttf
 install -pm 0644 */*.ttf "$c/"
 
 %reconfigure_fonts_scriptlets
 
 %files
 %doc readme.txt license.txt ratio.txt
-%_ttfontsdir/
+%_ttfontsdir/Px*
+
+%files stretched
+%dir %_ttfontsdir/
+%_ttfontsdir/Ac*
 
 %changelog

ratio.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+== Introduction ==
+
 In classic IBM PC text mode, the graphics card stretches the font
 such that it fills the screen.
 
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ To faithfully recreate the same visual look as such a monitor would
 show, this aspect ratio needs to be applied when making use of the
 font.
 
+
+== Application support for stretching ==
+
 For cool-retro-term, there is a "Font Width" slider in the settings;
 set it to 74%, 83%, or whatever is necessary. (Notice the pattern of
 the "decimal" column of our table.)
@@ -42,3 +48,45 @@ different size than the main characters. For a stretching matrix like
 1/1.35, not specifying -fd and, as a result, having smaller CJK chars
 is not as bad a problem as having bigger truncated CJK chars with a
 compressing matrix like 0.74/1.
+
+
+== Application-independent approach ==
+
+Not all programs support specifying a matrix or a scaling factor.
+Under systems using fontconfig (such as Linux distributions),
+it is possible to override the stretch for an existing font
+like so (~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf):
+
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
+<fontconfig>
+ <match target="font">
+  <test qual="any" name="family">
+   <string>Px437 IBM VGA 9x16</string>
+  </test>
+  <edit name="matrix" mode="assign">
+   <times>
+    <name>matrix</name>
+    <matrix>
+     <double>0.73</double>
+     <double>0</double>
+     <double>0</double>
+     <double>1</double>
+    </matrix>
+   </times>
+  </edit>
+ </match>
+ <dir>~/.fonts</dir>
+</fontconfig>
+
+
+== Framework-independent approach ==
+
+The int10h project offers font files that have their aspect
+correction applied at the font level. As a result, they won't need
+support from fontconfig or applications at all. These font files are
+provided in the
+
+	int10h-oldschoolpc-fonts-stretched
+
+subpackage in openSUSE.