Re: Type1 fonts...

[Michael Sobolev <mss@transas.com>]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 07:39:57PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 20:49:39 +0400, Michael Sobolev wrote:
> > My idea is to have the font available to all applications as soon it's
> > installed.  Using type1inst means that I have to modify configuration
> > files for all applications to include the directory where the font is
> > installed.
> 
> I'm not sure if that can be avoided - I'm not aware of a common "font
> service" for X, gs etc. Possibly it could work similiar to the "menu" or
> "doc-base" systems: font-providing packages register their fonts with a
> centralised system, and font-using packages implement a way to use the font
> registered in this way. Such a system would IMO need to be broader than just
> type 1, and cover general PostScript and TrueType fonts at the minimum.
Yes, that's what I was trying to ask about. :)

So there's only thing left: to find somebody who would code the stuff. :)

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Mike