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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KHelpcenter heading
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-23 20:00:03
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Can't you just include a large PNG with the alphabet in the desired font and 
copy the characters one by one to draw the desired word? If you seperate all 
characters with a single pixel line we could detect the width of the 
individual characters automatically, although it wouldn't do kerning. Maybe 
the string should be accompanied then with a second string that contains 
hints for the inter-character spacing, that way it can be adjusted manually 
as part of the translation. But maybe it looks acceptable without that as 
well.

That might still cause problems for non-western language of course, but those 
might be able to use an alternative PNG.

This technique could then also be used for e.g. kde-edu where we probably 
need fancy large fonts for educational/entertainment purposes as well.

Cheers,
Waldo
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Andrei Sakharov, Exiled 1980-1986, USSR, http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/
Dmitry Sklyarov, Detained 2001-????, USA, http://www.elcomsoft.com/

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