On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 02:34:05PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On 2006-02-11 11:58:17 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:38:25AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > dixsept:~> LC_ALL=zh_CN fc-match sans-serif
> > > 18x18ja.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "ja"
> > > dixsept:~> LC_ALL=ja_JP fc-match sans-serif
> > > 12x13ja.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "ja"
> > 
> > I'm troubled. Why does your fontconfig keep using pcf fonts ?
> 
> I need these bitmap fonts for terminals (they render much better than
> outline ones at small sizes). And I needed to add support for bitmap
> fonts in fontconfig, as gnome-terminal can use them only if they are
> enabled (I prefer xterm, but xterm's selection mechanism is incompatible
> with Firefox -- Debian bugs 276090 and 277832, Mozilla bug 63419).
> 
> The problem is that fontconfig shouldn't use them in Firefox as other
> better fonts can be used (e.g. Bitstream Vera Sans).
> 
> Note: In gnome-terminal, I explicitly set the font to "fixed", so there
> shouldn't be a clash.

You should file a bug against fontconfig about that particular font
selection problem.

For the firefox one, i'm afraid to say it's probably a wontfix.

Mike


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