InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoTweet: "Did you know that the spinner seen in modern Windows boot screens is stored as a font?"hexbear.netimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1imageTweet: "Did you know that the spinner seen in modern Windows boot screens is stored as a font?"hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoneeds to be simple code-wise so it can be displayed in a really limited boot environment. Fonts are complex but they already have to display text so.
minus-squareHumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agomakes sense. if your preboot environment can already render text, it’s an easy way to achieve animation.
needs to be simple code-wise so it can be displayed in a really limited boot environment. Fonts are complex but they already have to display text so.
makes sense. if your preboot environment can already render text, it’s an easy way to achieve animation.