Re: A86: Fonts
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Re: A86: Fonts
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, DEATH wrote:
> someone mailed me with the same problem and i have no idea why this
> happens, so far you have been the only two that i have heard from about
Just a note on how you can improve the speed of your fonts:
Don't list the characters alphabetically in the source code. Put them in
order of decreasing frequency of use.
Here's an analysis of the Official Scrabble Players' Dictionary:
(Well, it's not the TI-86, but it's a start.)
Prob. Freq.
0.117760 E 109750
0.095478 S 88983
0.085112 I 79322
0.076292 A 71102
0.071683 R 66807
0.066419 N 61901
0.062684 T 58420
0.060862 O 56722
0.052035 L 48495
0.038452 D 35836
0.037838 C 35264
0.034591 U 32238
0.030941 G 28836
0.028720 P 26766
0.027488 M 25618
0.022556 H 21022
0.020087 B 18721
0.015104 Y 14077
0.014180 F 13215
0.010928 K 10185
0.010075 V 9390
0.009565 W 8914
0.004284 Z 3993
0.003031 X 2825
0.002033 J 1895
0.001803 Q 1680
1.000000 Total 931977
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Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
(http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
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