On 3/26/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>
> Next time please use my ums.usu.ru address. The linuxfromscratch.org address
> is only for noise that Bugzillas create.
First, thanks for all the feedback. You cleared up a lot of blurry
areas in my mind. Next time I'll use that address, too.
> > + <para>The core X font protocol finds fonts from the server
> > configuration
> > + file (xorg.conf or XF86Config) in addition to an internal hard-coded
> > + path. Assuming the prefix for your X installation is
>
> There is no internal hardcoded path in effect. What is hardcoded is a font
> path used when there is absolutely no font path configured in xorg.conf.
I didn't know that. I'll add a new sentence saying something like "If
there's no font path in the configuration file, an internal hard-coded
path is used.
>
> > + <para>Xft provides antialiased font rendering through
> > + <application>Freetype</application>, and fonts are controlled from
> > the
> > + client side using <application>Fontconfig</application>. The default
> > + search path is <filename
> > class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>
> > + and <filename class="directory">~/.fonts</filename>.
> > + When installing <application>X</application>, symlinks were created
> > from
> > + the <filename class="directory">OTF</filename> and <filename
> > + class="directory">TTF</filename> <application>X</application> font
> > + directories to <filename
> > + class="directory">/usr/share/fonts/X11-{OTF,TTF}</filename>. This
> > was
> > + because we only want <application>Fontconfig</application> to use
> > + scalable fonts and not others such as bitmapped or Type1
> > fonts.</para>
>
> Type1 fonts are scalable. One can use Type1 fonts with fontconfig. It's just
> the Type1 fonts coming with Xorg that are better excluded.
Hmm. Maybe the last sentence should be "...we only want Fontconfig to
use a subset of the scalable fonts. This prevents Fontconfig from
using the poorly rendered Type1 and bitmapped fonts."
> > ...
> > Load "freetype"
>
> This is completely irrelevant. The "freetype" module is used for
> non-antialiased rendering of TrueType and Type1 fonts via the core X font
> protocol.
Ah. I thought the "freetype" module was essentially an alias for
"Xft". I'll move that part into the "X Core" section and mention
non-antialiased rendering.
> > + <filename>fonts.cache-1</filename> files in each directory. This
> > cache
> > + can be regenerated using the <command>fc-cache</command> command at
> > any
> > + time.</para>
>
> If the cache appears to be out of date, it is ignored, and information is
> (slowly) fetched from the fonts themselves.
Thanks. Will be added.
>
> Please replace the link: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/efont/
>
> http://kldp.net/projects/baekmuk/
Thanks. I couldn't find that project links for those fonts.
> The rest is good (but please run a spellchecker).
Certainly.
> The following is, IMHO, a
> wiki material, but you can put it into the book too.
Thanks for the Fontconfig tweaks. I'm thinking I may take all the
fonts.conf tweaks (including the DejaVu ones) and put them on a Wiki
page. Certainly, I'll be adding a Wiki link on that page because
people (like you) will probably find more and better ways to use the
fonts.
Thanks, again.
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Dan
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