Embedding Fonts in an Application

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jon Fernquest <ferni at loxinfo.co.th> wrote:
> I'm looking to make a text viewer for a language with a non-roman script
> (Burmese).  I have all script-handling, lexicon lookup software already
> developed, but...  I need the visual front-end.

people have been doing similar things using PIL:

-- generate bitmaps of your fonts
-- in your application, render the text into a
   bitmap image (possibly using ImageFont)
-- use Tkinter (or PythonWin) to display the result

start here:
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

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