Perl Authors Upload Server wrote at Mon, 27 May 2002 22:14:49 +0200: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote "Perl Authors Upload Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: FONT::FT2 > DSLIP: adprg > description: Low and high level interfaces for Freetype 2 > userid: CAFFIEND (Andrew Robertson) > ... > similar: > Imager::font::freetype2 Sorry, but there's a little mistake. The real name is Imager::Font::FreeType2 > > rationale: > > FONT::FT2 is a functional Perl extension to allow the manipulation of characters >and fonts. Is > intended to simplify image generation based on text data. > > Imager::font::freetype2 is biased towards generation of images for web >publication. FONT::FT2 > is intended to be used by typesetting applications and drawing applications like >Gimp::Perl > and Sodipodi. Also, FONT::FT2 is planned to support Postscript output (it >already supports > text and xpm output) for generation of printed pages for labels, banners, >notices, and silk > screening. Included in the examples are scripts for generating Gnome Mahjongg >tilesets. > > I like the idea, but I would prefer the name Font::FreeType2. First, I'd prefer Font than FONT because it's the name convention and there's already an existing large Font Top Level domain. Second FreeType2 explains better what it does than FT2. It's not so well known as Font::TTF. And to follow the example of the similar Imager::Font::FreeType2 module, makes it easier for all CPAN users. Greetings, Janek
