Sip Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Well, this "idea" has been bugging me for a couple of years now. I want to get your opinions on if it is worth pursuing. I have been thinking about finding a way of displaying arbitrary text using arbitrary fonts on arbitrary browsers without the need to install ANYTHING special (i.e. no special language settings, fonts, etc). I can see a lot of value if someone figures out a good way to do it. The goal is to make it easy to make text readable in different languages. Note that this is NOT a translator. Just a tool to display text in different fonts in browsers. The characters are mapped one by one. So for example when we type things in Armenian using english characters, this tool would simply convert it to an html page that would use Armenian characters So here's my first crack at it. It's just meant to be sort of a "proof of concept" or a prototype to see if there is any reason to pursue it further. Please let me know what you think ... it is FAR from perfect and the texts aren't supposed to mean anything. Note that test2 and test3 get pretty big in size so modem users may have trouble ... that's the kind of feedback I am looking for. So here are a few sample TEXT files in English: Test 1 (small)Test 2 (medium)Test 3 (large) Here are the "translated" (characters mapped to armenian) versions in Armenian: Test 1 (Armenian) (small)Test 2 (Armenian) (medium)Test 3 (Armenian) (large) (~400K... modem users, don't even think about it!) Oh, by the way, if I ever get this thing in a good usable shape, I plan to release it into the public domain (i.e. I am NOT looking to make money !!!) Also, feel free to laugh and me and make fun if you think it's a dumb idea or if there are better ways to do it (if there are, let me know!!!). Don't worry, I make so many dumb statements during the day, there is no way you can hurt my feelings [ May 01, 2002, 06:27 PM: Message edited by: Sip ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh00t Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 I really like the idea, the page loaded up quickly here (of course, I'm on DSL) and no lag when scrolling or anything. Have you optimized the gifs for maximum compression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted May 2, 2002 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 No I haven't optimized anything. So far, things are very very simple. The html is also not optimized in any way ... just loading a ton of images! I suspect that for long texts it may not work too well but for short things ... I am also thinking that for combinations of letters that occur frequently, I could make special images. That could cut down the html size a lot. I would have to do some "optimizing" for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Sip,It worked fast for me as well, but my guess is that you convert every letter to an image so the it will not be the connection speed that would matter but the RAM on computers. However I think the image sizes would be small enough to not make a diff. I think it is a great idea. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 You know what this is interesting, I might have a use for this soon. 10X Seaphan Movses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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