Re: Font references and info
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:25:33PM -0400, Aaron wrote:
> On -3175-Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:41:14PM -0700, Ross Boylan <ross@biostat.ucsf.edu> spake thus,
> > I've been trying to understand how fonts work on Debian over the last few days, and thought it might be useful
> > to share some of the references that look especially useful and some things I think I've found out. I was
> > inspired particularly by some problems with fonts under KDE, and I haven't fixed them yet. So I'm hardly an
> > expert.
> >
>
> Fonts in X are something that I've never really comprehended, and I wish someone somewhere would explain what the deal is with font servers like Xft and FreeType, their strengths and weaknesses, and what about anti-aliasing, and having fonts like Verdana available for just web browsing.
>
> If someone could write a mini-HOWTO on these topics it'd be like Christmas for me over here.
>
> Just a footnote to Ross: I don't mean to be nitpicky but you should either just break paragraphs, or more sensibly break your lines at 72 or 75 characters, it would help legibility enormously.
Aaron, is this a joke? _Your_ lines are about three screens wide!
Maybe, just maybe, it _was_ a joke and I just made a fool of myself, ;-)
David
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