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*** BDF fonts aren't suitable here since they're 1bpp. It could be done if font data would be 8bpp and thus, contain just the alpha channel, i.e. shades of gray which will be blended on rendering stage. | *** BDF fonts aren't suitable here since they're 1bpp. It could be done if font data would be 8bpp and thus, contain just the alpha channel, i.e. shades of gray which will be blended on rendering stage. | ||
*** Fingolfin says: It's *still* possible to use 1bpp fonts for antialiasing, by implemnting oversampling: By downscaling a 4x fold or 8x too big character, one can compute & render the antialiased output on the fly -- this worked even on some old 90 MHz PowerPC Macs, so it should be doable. Main concern would be memory usage, and the need to have a big version of all fonts around. Or we switch to a vector based font system (TrueType plus [http://www.freetype.org/index2.html Freetype]), at the cost of resources and possibly some portability -- we would have to research this a bit. Another advantage of using FreeType: Unicode support in the GUI would be possible. | *** Fingolfin says: It's *still* possible to use 1bpp fonts for antialiasing, by implemnting oversampling: By downscaling a 4x fold or 8x too big character, one can compute & render the antialiased output on the fly -- this worked even on some old 90 MHz PowerPC Macs, so it should be doable. Main concern would be memory usage, and the need to have a big version of all fonts around. Or we switch to a vector based font system (TrueType plus [http://www.freetype.org/index2.html Freetype]), at the cost of resources and possibly some portability -- we would have to research this a bit. Another advantage of using FreeType: Unicode support in the GUI would be possible. | ||
=== Collaborative work with the OpenUsability Project === | |||
Given that usability is one of the primary driving forces behind the design of user interfaces, it seems logical to pay close to attention to it while redesigning ScummVM's GUI. | |||
The OpenUsability project (http://openusability.org/) provides usability consulting and advice for open sourced applications. It would be a sensible opportunity to contact them, seeking assistance to improve ScummVM in the usability front. | |||
== Some ideas about theme caching == | == Some ideas about theme caching == | ||