RFC: Fonts
[ I recently tried to run X with only TTF-fonts enabled,
wich means there was no: Adobe-Helvetica, Adobe-Times,
Adobe-Courier nor -fixed-, etc...
Almost every X-app broke, e.g. Acrobat Reader, Gnome-apps
.... These apps are definitly broken, but as far as I see
there's no easy way out, because there is not a single font
garantueed to be available. Hence:
]
The following font-aliases MUST be available and be valid
(i.e. point to an existing font):
- "fixed": a monospaced font
- "variable": a proportional font
[ If the requested font is not available, an app should
be able to fall back to "fixed" or "variable".
]
The following font-families SHOULD be available:
- Helvetica
- Times
- Courier
[ This proposal might as well be nonsense, but if it were,
could somebody please enlighten me :-) ]
Regards,
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