On -3175-Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:41:14PM -0700, Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 Bieber - Graphic Design // Web Design http://www.core-dev.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
