From 450a9ea69fdc3d13acae77ca091d11b903bfbe9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@bjh21.me.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:16:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mention Bedstead Extended on the Web page and reword text
 generally.

It now mentions the font name and makes rather more of the smoothing
algorithm and custom glyphs.
---
 index.html | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e5f2491..ef824c1 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -14,17 +14,23 @@
       produced the <code>MODE 7</code> display on the BBC
       Microcomputer.  It generates characters from a 5 × 9 pixel
       matrix, smoothing diagonal lines to produce an interlaced 10 ×
-      18 matrix for each character.  This font is generated by an
-      extension of the SAA5050’s smoothing algorithm.  In addition to
-      the characters available from the SAA5050 itself, the font
-      includes characters from the other chips in the family
-      (including Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets) and various other
-      useful glyphs.  All
-      glyphs are drawn on the same 5 × 9 pixel grid.</p>
+      18 matrix for each character.  Bedstead extends that algorithm to
+      continuity, converting a 5 × 9 pixel grid into an outline with
+      smooth diagonals.</p>
+    <p>Bedstead includes all the character designs from the SAA5050
+      and its various sister chips, including Cyrillic and Hebrew
+      alphabets.  It also has a large number of custom-designed glyphs,
+      all of them of course based on the same 5 × 9 pixel grid.</p>
 
     <p><img alt="[ A sample of Bedstead's characters ]" src="sample.png"/></p>
 
-    <p>The outline version of the font is generated by an ANSI C program
+    <p>The standard version of Bedstead is based on a square pixel
+      grid.  This is good for displays with square pixels, but not
+      entirely faithful to the SAA5050.  There is a second version,
+      Bedstead Extended, that more accurately reflects the character
+      shapes generated by an SAA5050 driving a 576i display.</p>
+
+    <p>The outline version of Bedstead is generated by an ANSI C program
       which emits a Spline Font Database file for use with
       <a href="http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/">Fontforge</a>, which
       can convert it into most reasonable font formats.</p>
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@
 	The Spline Font Database file for use with Fontforge.</li>
       <li><a href="bedstead.otf"><code>bedstead.otf</code></a> &ndash;
 	The finished font in OpenType format.</li>
+      <li><a href="bedstead-ext.sfd"><code>bedstead-ext.sfd</code></a>,
+	<a href="bedstead-ext.otf"><code>bedstead-ext.otf</code></a> &ndash;
+	Spline Font Database and OpenType versions of the extended font.</li>
       <li><a href="bedstead-10.bdf"><code>bedstead-10.bdf</code></a>,
 	<a href="bedstead-20.bdf"><code>bedstead-20.bdf</code></a> &ndash;
 	Bitmap versions at 10 and 20 pixels high.</li>
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