Do-it-yourself
Raster Fonts for Symbian
This is not a true FAQ, since it can not fullfill the 'Frequent' term. But the questions were asked allright, and this is a nice unstructurered way to write them down for reference.
Q: Why dont you use the XXXX
opengl/scalable font/OpenFont/YYYY method/project instead ? It
would be much better and easier and its much more flexible and
more pretty and its also TrueType and .....
A: Then you
should by all means use these.
Q: Why dont you make some new fonts
natively supported for the system instead ?
A: Tried but
failed. Now I dont want to anymore.
STOP PRESS : Have a
look at someone who managed to add X11 fonts to a Symbian
application, see the PuTTY project listed in the link
section.
Q: Why dont you wait a couple of years,
then this is supported by the platform ?
A: You wait.
Q: Is it small and fast ?
A:
Twice no. Due to the bitmaps it will newer be small and due to
the pixel banging going on it isn't exactly fast either. Your
personal mileage may vary though. The technology race offcourse
helps on both these issues.