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Re: ITP: x-ttcidfont-conf



On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:52:30AM +0900, Yasuhiro Take wrote:
> The biggest problem about TrueType font configuration for X is the syntax
> of .scale file. X provides two backends to handle TrueType fonts, xtt backend
> and freetype backend. The former features dynamic decoration of TrueType font,
> which for example creates bold and italic faces from upright medium face. 
> This feature requires additional parameters to .scale file. Its syntax is
> of course nonstandard, and conflicts with the syntax for the freetype backend.

Since mutating fonts like this usually results in a crappy looking font
anyway, why don't we just configure the fonts we *really have* in a
standard format and leave any other mods to the user?

-- 
Mike Stone



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