[maemo-developers] devloping/using bitmap fonts on osso_xterm

[From: Tomi Ollila]

Hi

Does osso_xterm support a bitmap font wrapped in a sfnt (TrueType or
OpenType wrapper)?

I tried the following command:

fonttosfnt -v -o fatFixedBitmap.ttf fat7x16-iso10646-1.bdf fat8x16-iso10646-1.bdf

( above files available at http://www.iki.fi/too/sw/fatXfonts/ )

then moved fatFixedBitmap.ttf to /home/user/.fonts (on both 770 and N800)
and rebooted the tablets (somewhat different xterms on OS2006 and OS2008).

Now both allows me to choose 'fatFixed' font on osso_xterm configuration
window but all I get is blank characters on xterm window when this font
is chosen (any point size). 

So this clearly does not work. If osso_xterm supports bitmap fonts and
there are such font files please tell me where to get one...

... alternatively (additionally!), any help how to fix the problem
is greatly appreciated.


Tomi