I don’t think I would have to make the entire font. There should be an opensource font that has the ascii. Then maybe adding a few glyphs.
But do I understand that the module has to provide its own font? Can we use system fonts? I don’t know for sure, but I bet there may be a common enough face that has the ꝛ or ſ (Somehow I pasted these in from a web page so it must be common enough in typefaces…). Jeff On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:51:21PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you wanted to do this you would need an appropriate font. You may have to > actually make a font. I suggest using fontforge as it is free (as in > freedom, as well as no cost). > depending on your platform this could be extremely easy to install, or you > may have to go to the website to download it. > This work would be helpful if someone wanted to make the Tyndale's version > true to the original (as it has some errors, such as the problems with "them" > and other words that are mainly contained in an archaic symbol). > > Making a module is a bit complicated as of right now. But I am sure someone > can provide you with some scripts to make easier. Though I have never made a > module, so that is just my outside opinion > > On 12/13/2013 06:39 PM, Barnes, Jeffrey wrote: >> Hi Swordsmen, >> >> One thing I’ve been hoping to see is someone interested enough to make a KJV >> 1611 module. I like the version for a few reasons, like the natural flow of >> the text, it’s poetic nature is beautiful to me, and the Reformation >> principle of clarity is followed imho. >> >> So since the Sword project doesn’t have a 1611 module yet, I’d like to >> investigate what’s involved in making it. >> >> One thing is that to be true to the 17th century printing, the alternate >> spellings of the text would have to be followed. The typeface used in the >> facsimiles I’ve found is a Gothic black letter face. I don’t want to use >> that, because it would make it unduly hard to read, especially on mobile and >> computer screens. I think one would need to use a roman, perhaps sans face >> for readability. >> >> But the roman faces that are used to render the text don’t use glyphs like >> the long ’s’, the ‘thorn’, the rotunda ‘r’, etc. I think those are important >> visual cues to the reading of the text. So if I would write a parser, it >> would replace the roman text source (probably ascii range code points) to >> replace glyphs with unicode according to the printing rules of the era. >> >> Is this work happening currently? >> >> If so, could I help? >> >> If not, where could I get a text source? I’ve seen facsimile renderings with >> roman parallel renderings, but they are a page at a time. It would be good >> if there was one or two files already with the roman characters. >> >> After the parser, then there’s the work of making it a module. Where can I >> find a procedure for doing that? Is it a manual process? >> >> I haven’t started any work yet, just thinking. >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Jeff >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > -- > Regards > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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