[sword-devel] Bishop 1.4.0 and SWORD Utility Modules

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Dear ZdPo Ster,

I believe our emails crossed :)  Yes, if you could provide translations
for the new strings (see my last email to the list), I will update your
Slovak locale.

Troy


On 3/21/20 3:02 AM, ZdPo Ster wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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