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Re: Why are so many people using font servers?



On May 11, 2003 08:27 am, John Hasler wrote:
> Rob Weir writes:
> > Why is this?  XFree86 has been able to handle TrueType fonts
> > (along with Type1, bitmap, etc) directly since version 4, so
> > what's up?
>
> Many of us find fonts insanely complex and completely
> incomprehensible.  We just bang away at it until something works
> and then stop.

Exactly.  Every upgrade I'm praying that my fonts don't go down the 
drain like they have so many times before.  And I think the X setup 
actually configures xfs for you.  No way am I gonna fuck around with 
that..  Unless someone has a nice tutorial of course.... :)

leo



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