[sword-devel] Bishop 1.4.0 and SWORD Utility Modules

ZdPo Ster zdposter at gmail.com
Sat Mar 21 06:02:22 EDT 2020


Hello Troy,

After installing this version initial screens (like warning, install
manager for modules) are in English. When application started (e.g. there
is biblie text), menu and navigation, library/module installer is in
Slovak.
Can you check why Slovak translation is not from first moment?

On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 01:32, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org>
wrote:

> Thank you to each one who responded with a font suggestion.  I have
> bundled 3 suggestions.
>
> There are two new options under Settings which should allow you to selects
> a font for both the reading text and also the application text.
>
> I first list all the bundled fonts, then 3 generic font families, and
> finally I list all the fonts the OS tells me are available.  I haven't much
> luck setting any of these last group on my phone, but they are supposed to
> be available, so I left them in the list hoping it's just a quirk with my
> phone.
>
> Thank you again for the suggestions.
>
> https://crosswire.org/~scribe/bishop-1.3.902.apk
> bishop-1.3.902.apk size: 9270471 md5: 42acc83519931c3beb1c2bdd4dfb85a6
>
> On 3/19/20 9:59 PM, Michael H wrote:
>
> I like PT Serif and PT Sans because they have a wide coverage in Latin,
> and Cyrillic, including many minority languages. These fonts also have
> complimentary narrow and caption faces that are handy for proper
> typesetting, and a pretty well done kerning table, which really helps for
> extended reading and pushing the font as small as possible.
>
> The Font with the best unicode coverage in Latin that I like the best is
> EBGaramond. (mated with Ysabeau for Sans.) But this is a tall font, and for
> screens that's not the most accepted way to view. (Phone screens today can
> (almost always) handle it, but the low res has created an expectation of
> short and fat letters, not tall letters.)
>
> Another very good unicode coverage font for latin text is Garava (
> http://www.softerviews.org/Fonts.html ) It's shaped better for screens.
> I've wanted to use the included illuminated capitals, but I don't get as
> much time for development as I'd like. It's a good choice to include as an
> alternative, but I wouldn't recommend it for an ONLY choice.
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:13 PM Michael Johnson <Michael at ebible.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/19/20 4:41 PM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>> > Does anyone have a special place in their heart for a favorite font they
>> > would recommend?  It should be freely usable, have a good coverage of
>> > Unicode and preferably already converted to a web font.
>>
>> I have been using DejaVu Serif a lot. It is plain, very readable, and has
>> good Unicode coverage for several writing systems. It is also free.
>>
>> https://eBible.org/fonts/dejavuserif.ttf
>>
>> https://eBible.org/fonts/dejavuserif.woff
>>
>> https://eBible.org/fonts/dejavuserif.woff2
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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