Re: xfstt??

[mike <mikpolniak@adelphia.net>]

On at 10:44 on Tue 16 Jan, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > > 'xfs' is the X Font Server. I'm not *positive*
> > > about what ths has over
> > > the regular way X handles fonts, but I use
> > > 'xfstt', which handles
> > > truetype fonts.
> > >
> >
> >
> > is xfstt a font server that can be used in place
> > of xfs?
> 
> I believe that "xfstt" is a font server for TrueType fonts *only*, hence
> the "tt" in it's name. If you're running XFree86 v4.x, you don't need it
> either.
	
	There is a third option xfs-xtt which replaces xfs for normal fonts
and xfstt for TrueType fonts. I use it with XFree-4 and the biggest
difference is that the fonts in Netscape are scaled properly and look good.
This is what the docs say:

This package provide X-TrueType font server. This is compatible  normal X
font server, but added X-TrueType font handling scheme support instead of
FreeType backend. XFree86 4.0's font server can handle TrueType too, but it
can not handle TTCap. By using TTCap description, support for font
transformations, such as slanting, adjusting glyph width, pseudo-bolding,
etc.
  
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