Re: [Fonts]Font family name problem

[Brian Stell]

Pablo Saratxaga wrote:
> ...
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 10:40:51AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> 
> > I'd be interested to hear whether other people will find this scheme
> > usable, and whether people would also like to see the other localized
> > names made available for presentation to the user.
> 
> Yes, both localized names and ascii-only names are usefull.
> Maybe the same api could be used for both cases, trough a paremeter
> telling which localized language is requested (if "C", then
> ascii-only names are given).
> 
> The availability of localized names will make users feel more comfortable,
> as other systems will display those names to them.

Yes, being able to read localized font names greatly improves 
the ability of non-English readers to select fonts.

Brian Stell
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