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Are you interested in working on GNOME, writing Rust apps, or working with Fonts? If so, you may be interested in taking a look at gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-f… :)

This port may take a while, and I greatly appreciate any help available. I've laid out a list of tasks to be done before merging, and if anyone wants to take something on let me know and we can work together.

If you want to help with the effort, please join #fonts:gnome.org on Matrix :) (matrix.to/#/#fonts:gnome.org)

(boosts appreciated)

#GNOME #Rust #Fonts #gtk-rs #gtk4 #libadwaita


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This is an initial port of Fonts to Rust. The port doesn't do much - it just loads a list of fonts and displays it. There's a lot...
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Chris 🌱

@bilelmoussaoui A few reasons:

  • Lettercase has not been updated in over a year. Most of the code uses old gtk-rs patterns.
  • Lettercase is nowhere near finished, and the scope is much larger. A fully realized Lettercase needs Google Fonts, custom layout code, Pango APIs that aren't stable yet, etc.
  • Some of those scope changes would be contentious. Talking around I found that people are wary of relying on Google Fonts as a font source.
  • I am tired of maintaining C Fonts. I want something more maintable without having to take on all the stuff that entails finishing Lettercase. Neither of us has the time for that, but I do have the time to maintain a better Fonts.
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