Re: [I18n]ISO 10646 Fonts and XFontSet question

[Brian Stell]

Markus Kuhn wrote:
> ...
> Is there already a way to use pixel fonts with render? For some
> applications (terminal emulators with small glyphs most notably, e.g.
> popular with programmers and sys-admins), bitmap fonts will always be
> preferable over TrueType fonts. Please do not neglect them in any future
> font architectures.

Using hand tuned bitmap fonts is a very important consideration 
as they almost always look better than outline rendered bitmaps.
Many people prefer them over anti-aliased fonts at the same
size.

This is why better TrueType fonts have hand tuned bitmaps *in* 
them.

For example, MSGothic (with ~7500 glyphs) has embedded bitmaps 
for sizes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
(I'll bet that took some time.)

-- 
Brian Stell
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