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Re: Octavian can't show a screenshot, I can: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.PNG

From "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, news.software.readers
Subject Re: Octavian can't show a screenshot, I can: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.PNG
Date 2016-05-29 21:40 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <fhjgua03.agau@perch.invalid> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <Jeff-Relf.Me@May.28{7.15A.Seattle.2016}> <ghjduf93af.jig4@perch.invalid> <Jeff-Relf.Me@May.29{1.03A.Seattle.2016}> <hgjvnbm.mckf93@perch.invalid> <Jeff-Relf.Me@May.29{5.44A.Seattle.2016}>

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In comp.os.linux.advocacy Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> wrote:
> You ( Mr. Octavian ) asked me:
>> Does MS Mincho have cuneiform glyphs?
> 
> Of course not, I use "Segoe UI Historic" for that.
> I've been talking about mixing and matching fonts;
> one font is _not_ enough.
>

I don't even bother with "fonts."  I keep the one terminal font.  I can
call up a unicode glyph by number whenever I want within vim or at the
terminal, and it displays properly.

>> > "DejaVu Sans Mono" has no Asian glyphs, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
>> > [ 'ツ' is katakana, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is a kaomoji ]
>> > 
>> > It has no doubleWide glyphs;
>> > instead, it has a narrow set of crude, HalfHeight glyphs.
>> > Too crude, "MS Mincho" is _much_ better.
>> 
>> This terminal is using Dejavu sans mono book:
>>   anon@lowtide:~$ ./uni 130E0 131BF
>>   ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
>>   
>>   anon@lowtide:~$ ./uni 5400 54FF
>>   吀 吁 吂 吃 各 吅 吆 吇 合 吉 吊 吋 同
>> 
>> Those last 7 glyphs look pretty damned wide to me.  
> 
> You can't show a screenshot, I can: 
> 
>   http://Jeff-Relf.Me/X.PNG
>   http://Jeff-Relf.Me/Diff.PNG
>   http://Jeff-Relf.Me/SleepPat.PNG

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Re: What do you know about DejaVu Sans Mono ? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 05:11 +0000
  Scott Doty's facade/lies have been exposed. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-05-29 01:03 -0700
    Re: Scott Doty's facade/lies have been exposed. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 10:19 +0000
      I've been talking about "Mixing and Matching fonts". Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-05-29 05:53 -0700
        Re: I've been talking about "Mixing and Matching fonts". "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 21:34 +0000
          Re: Mr. O.W.L's terminal can mix and match random FontGlyphs. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 22:43 +0000
            Re: Linux PC Distros don't have anything that Windows 10 lacks. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-30 00:37 +0000
              Re: Linux PC Distros don't have anything that Windows 10 lacks. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-05-29 18:27 -0700
              Re: Linux PC Distros don't have anything that Windows 10 lacks. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-05-30 15:06 +0000
              Re: Linux PC Distros don't have anything that Windows 10 lacks. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-30 16:10 +0000
          Re: I've been talking about "Mixing and Matching fonts". chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-31 07:02 -0500
    Re: Scott Doty's facade/lies have been exposed. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 11:09 +0000
      Octavian can't show a screenshot, I can: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.PNG Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-05-29 05:44 -0700
        Re: Octavian can't show a screenshot, I can: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.PNG "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-29 21:40 +0000
      Re: "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.ZIP" is a Visual C++ console, really. "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-30 01:03 +0000
    Re: Scott Doty's facade/lies have been exposed. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-05-30 14:56 +0000
      Re: Scott Doty's facade/lies have been exposed. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-30 16:38 -0400

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