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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
 install?
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:20:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 01:29 this Sunday (GMT):
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:00:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:21 this Wednesday
>> (GMT):
>>
>>> On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:40:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wait, subtitles were saved as bitmap images?
>>>
>>> In DVD-Video, they were called “subpictures”, and had 2 bits per pixel.
>>> That meant a choice of four different colour-table entries.
>> 
>> Interesting, so that's why some subtitles looked different.
>
> It meant they didn’t have to worry about fonts or different writing 
> systems. All the subtitle text was prerendered at authoring time.


And they could probably do stuff like color it for different characters
(tho I don't remember seeing anything like that back in the day)
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