Re: [gentoo-dev] Fonts, Xfree, Linux

[Svyatogor <svyatogor@gentoo.org>]

On Friday 30 May 2003 13:31, Spider wrote:
> begin  quote
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 02:30:39 -0700
>
> Seemant Kulleen <seemant@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > So the idea he and I discussed was to have this utility (or set of
> > utilities) to update the fontpaths in /etc/X11/fs/config as well as
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config (IF the font path is other than unix:/7100 in that
> > file).
>
> What will such a tool do about ordering of paths?  There is a sticky
> issue here when two paths provide the same fonts, something that is
> completely legal. Now, anyone who has customized their X to some extent
> knows this, and many are quite picky about the order.  putting Speedo
> after fixed, TTF before fixed, unscaled before scaled, Xdpi before
> other dpi.
>
> Theese settings are fairly custom, and to give an automatic tool a go at
> this is annoying. (font-update, following modules-update and others.. )

I abosultely agree with you! Also, if I put localised fonts after generic I 
lose local glyphs totaly and completely. So it is extremely important to have 
some way to specify the order of the fonts.

-- 
Sergey Kuleshov <svyatogor@gentoo.org>
Let the Force be with us!


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