Update Unifont from 5.1 to 13.0.04

[Dutchman101]

This PR updates Unifont from version 5.1 (2008) to 13.0.04 (Nov 2020)

There's no reason not to update, it's tested and works fine, and in fact looks a little better overall. #1864 (comment) inspired this PR.

[Dutchman101]

For verification purposes, the official source of Unifont is http://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html and the release information for this .ttf is found under "21 November 2020 Release (Unifont 13.0.04)" on said page, and so is the download.

[Pirulax]

Didn't try it, but lgtm.

[qaisjp]

I wonder if we can find a better solution than uploading a 11.7 MB font to Git. Hmm. We should think about this.

[Pirulax]

Well, the whole repo is 600-700 megs, so + 6 megs won't make a difference imho.
These fonts need to be downloaded anyways.
But if we really don't want to host them on git, we could move it into install_data.bat

[CrosRoad95]

+11.7MB but -15.6MB, so worth

[qaisjp]

Well, the whole repo is 600-700 megs, so + 6 megs won't make a difference imho.
These fonts need to be downloaded anyways.
But if we really don't want to host them on git, we could move it into install_data.bat

It adds up. Git is not built for binary files!

+11.7MB but -15.6MB, so worth

This makes no sense. Both files are kept in history

[Pirulax]

Ah, good point.
Should we use install_data for fonts then?

[qaisjp]

Yes, I think install_data will work. Should we host it on GitHub in a separate repo or upload it to mta servers?

[Pirulax]

Well, everything seems to be on MTA's servers (netc, etc..), sooo.
Is there any advantage in using a repo for the files?

[qaisjp]

Well, everything seems to be on MTA's servers (netc, etc..), sooo.
Is there any advantage in using a repo for the files?

Helps ensure reproducible builds and better tracking of uploaded files. Note that the (now removed) discord DLLs pull from GitHub!

[qaisjp]

I've created a repo and release here: https://github.com/multitheftauto/unifont/releases/tag/v13.0.04

Direct download link: https://github.com/multitheftauto/unifont/releases/download/v13.0.04/unifont-13.0.04.ttf

[sbx320]

If we want this to be versioned in git, we could use submodules + individual repos per update.

[Pirulax]

Just don't forget to add the sub module init steps to readme.md.
We could add a fetch_repo.sh file that would:

git fetch
git pull
git submodule update

[qaisjp]

Yeah there's lots of guidance on how to implement this with submodules in #319

[Dutchman101]

How to proceed, or incorporate (e.g pull from) https://github.com/multitheftauto/unifont/ in this PR? I don't really get it.

What exactly does someone need to do for Unifont to get updated? Does it have to do with creating an install-date procedure or premake script that pulls directly from unifont repo? Then i gotta say it's not my thing, so someone that has experience with it feel free to add those changes to this PR (or create a new PR).

[patrikjuvonen]

Follow up PR at #1980