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::Sweet, that's cool. Saying that making these pages is a lot of work is an understatement. I've seen you laboriously churn out font after font and that's impressive. Keep in mind that not everyone has access to decompiler stuff so volunteers to help in your project will be hard to come by (I guess that includes yours truly). Before I forget, does this page have all the entries already contained within [[Fonts]]? If this page's content will be copied to [[Fonts]] then of course no samples/information should be lost. If you already haven't and you would like me to do the double check, let me know! That's a task that doesn't need any special software. Later! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC) | ::Sweet, that's cool. Saying that making these pages is a lot of work is an understatement. I've seen you laboriously churn out font after font and that's impressive. Keep in mind that not everyone has access to decompiler stuff so volunteers to help in your project will be hard to come by (I guess that includes yours truly). Before I forget, does this page have all the entries already contained within [[Fonts]]? If this page's content will be copied to [[Fonts]] then of course no samples/information should be lost. If you already haven't and you would like me to do the double check, let me know! That's a task that doesn't need any special software. Later! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
:::I have been (mostly) thorough with [[Fonts]]. That is, I've removed the font entries that really shouldn't have been there (see {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Fonts&action=history the history}} to see what I mean) and double-checked to make sure that all the fonts accurately listed there are in ''my'' list. There are some names that I haven't updated on [[Fonts]] that are only wrong because of a few letters (like, they're missing an "LET" or something like that).. oh, and I think appearances of Alba and Alba Matter are all listed under the generic listing of Alba on that page, too. Anyway, there ARE some appearances listed on [[Fonts]] that I'm trying to make sure get onto [[Fonts By Toon]] before I replace the [[Fonts]] page. I don't want to miss any "shapes" fonts that have already been (correctly) identified. I've been doing that as I go, but if you want to double check to see that all individual appearances of fonts are actually correctly labeled on [[Fonts By Toon]], that really would be very helpful. (You should know that I've learned not to trust [[Fonts]] to be accurate, so a visual confirmation of the font would be important before adding it to [[Fonts By Toon]].) As for not having a decompiler, the demo version of [http://www.decompiler-swf.com/download-swf-decompiler/ Flash Decompiler Trillix] is all that one needs. In fact, it's all that I've used. If you have a Mac or use Linux, I don't know what to tell you, but... I can at least explain to a degree what fonts as "shapes" are; they're usually text that isn't in a straight line (like [[:Image:Team MT Sample.png|this]]). There are many exceptions to this, but those are the easiest to spot even without a decompiler. If you can identify the font of anything like that that hasn't been documented on [[Fonts By Toon]], great. And if you find a challenge, put it in the list of [[Talk:Fonts By Toon#Challenges|Challenges]]. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 05:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC) | :::I have been (mostly) thorough with [[Fonts]]. That is, I've removed the font entries that really shouldn't have been there (see {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Fonts&action=history the history}} to see what I mean) and double-checked to make sure that all the fonts accurately listed there are in ''my'' list. There are some names that I haven't updated on [[Fonts]] that are only wrong because of a few letters (like, they're missing an "LET" or something like that).. oh, and I think appearances of Alba and Alba Matter are all listed under the generic listing of Alba on that page, too. Anyway, there ARE some appearances listed on [[Fonts]] that I'm trying to make sure get onto [[Fonts By Toon]] before I replace the [[Fonts]] page. I don't want to miss any "shapes" fonts that have already been (correctly) identified. I've been doing that as I go, but if you want to double check to see that all individual appearances of fonts are actually correctly labeled on [[Fonts By Toon]], that really would be very helpful. (You should know that I've learned not to trust [[Fonts]] to be accurate, so a visual confirmation of the font would be important before adding it to [[Fonts By Toon]].) As for not having a decompiler, the demo version of [http://www.decompiler-swf.com/download-swf-decompiler/ Flash Decompiler Trillix] is all that one needs. In fact, it's all that I've used. If you have a Mac or use Linux, I don't know what to tell you, but... I can at least explain to a degree what fonts as "shapes" are; they're usually text that isn't in a straight line (like [[:Image:Team MT Sample.png|this]]). There are many exceptions to this, but those are the easiest to spot even without a decompiler. If you can identify the font of anything like that that hasn't been documented on [[Fonts By Toon]], great. And if you find a challenge, put it in the list of [[Talk:Fonts By Toon#Challenges|Challenges]]. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 05:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::::The thought occurred to me that there is something else that could be done that doesn't require a decompiler. It would save me a lot of time if I had some help finding sites with download links for these fonts. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 05:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
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Purpose
I thought it was just going to be an internal list... is this page meant to replace Fonts? Does it already include all fonts listed on that page? Man this looks like it's been a lot of work! --Stux 17:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- This page was just going to be an internal list. And I was going to start from scratch on the Fonts-type table using a new page (like OptimisticFool/Fonts), but I figured it wouldn't get in the way if I just made the table here. Yes, I do want it (the table) to replace Fonts since all of the information I'm putting in this table is accurate (whereas Fonts still has mistakes even after I've weeded out a bunch). I do encourage people to help with the project though, because it is a lot of work. Over 300 fonts with just me editing.. it'll take a while. (And yes, it really includes all the fonts used by TBC, unless I've missed some.)
OptimisticFool 17:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sweet, that's cool. Saying that making these pages is a lot of work is an understatement. I've seen you laboriously churn out font after font and that's impressive. Keep in mind that not everyone has access to decompiler stuff so volunteers to help in your project will be hard to come by (I guess that includes yours truly). Before I forget, does this page have all the entries already contained within Fonts? If this page's content will be copied to Fonts then of course no samples/information should be lost. If you already haven't and you would like me to do the double check, let me know! That's a task that doesn't need any special software. Later! --Stux 04:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have been (mostly) thorough with Fonts. That is, I've removed the font entries that really shouldn't have been there (see the history to see what I mean) and double-checked to make sure that all the fonts accurately listed there are in my list. There are some names that I haven't updated on Fonts that are only wrong because of a few letters (like, they're missing an "LET" or something like that).. oh, and I think appearances of Alba and Alba Matter are all listed under the generic listing of Alba on that page, too. Anyway, there ARE some appearances listed on Fonts that I'm trying to make sure get onto Fonts By Toon before I replace the Fonts page. I don't want to miss any "shapes" fonts that have already been (correctly) identified. I've been doing that as I go, but if you want to double check to see that all individual appearances of fonts are actually correctly labeled on Fonts By Toon, that really would be very helpful. (You should know that I've learned not to trust Fonts to be accurate, so a visual confirmation of the font would be important before adding it to Fonts By Toon.) As for not having a decompiler, the demo version of Flash Decompiler Trillix is all that one needs. In fact, it's all that I've used. If you have a Mac or use Linux, I don't know what to tell you, but... I can at least explain to a degree what fonts as "shapes" are; they're usually text that isn't in a straight line (like this). There are many exceptions to this, but those are the easiest to spot even without a decompiler. If you can identify the font of anything like that that hasn't been documented on Fonts By Toon, great. And if you find a challenge, put it in the list of Challenges. OptimisticFool 05:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- The thought occurred to me that there is something else that could be done that doesn't require a decompiler. It would save me a lot of time if I had some help finding sites with download links for these fonts. OptimisticFool 05:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- The thought occurred to me that there is something else that could be done that doesn't require a decompiler. It would save me a lot of time if I had some help finding sites with download links for these fonts.
- I have been (mostly) thorough with Fonts. That is, I've removed the font entries that really shouldn't have been there (see the history to see what I mean) and double-checked to make sure that all the fonts accurately listed there are in my list. There are some names that I haven't updated on Fonts that are only wrong because of a few letters (like, they're missing an "LET" or something like that).. oh, and I think appearances of Alba and Alba Matter are all listed under the generic listing of Alba on that page, too. Anyway, there ARE some appearances listed on Fonts that I'm trying to make sure get onto Fonts By Toon before I replace the Fonts page. I don't want to miss any "shapes" fonts that have already been (correctly) identified. I've been doing that as I go, but if you want to double check to see that all individual appearances of fonts are actually correctly labeled on Fonts By Toon, that really would be very helpful. (You should know that I've learned not to trust Fonts to be accurate, so a visual confirmation of the font would be important before adding it to Fonts By Toon.) As for not having a decompiler, the demo version of Flash Decompiler Trillix is all that one needs. In fact, it's all that I've used. If you have a Mac or use Linux, I don't know what to tell you, but... I can at least explain to a degree what fonts as "shapes" are; they're usually text that isn't in a straight line (like this). There are many exceptions to this, but those are the easiest to spot even without a decompiler. If you can identify the font of anything like that that hasn't been documented on Fonts By Toon, great. And if you find a challenge, put it in the list of Challenges.
- Sweet, that's cool. Saying that making these pages is a lot of work is an understatement. I've seen you laboriously churn out font after font and that's impressive. Keep in mind that not everyone has access to decompiler stuff so volunteers to help in your project will be hard to come by (I guess that includes yours truly). Before I forget, does this page have all the entries already contained within Fonts? If this page's content will be copied to Fonts then of course no samples/information should be lost. If you already haven't and you would like me to do the double check, let me know! That's a task that doesn't need any special software. Later! --Stux 04:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
