On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 09:54:31AM +0800, Zenith Lau wrote:
> I have recently read the Li18nux2K. The globalization spec. from
> li18nux.org. but it seems that, there is no any relation between
> fontconfig/Xft and this spec.
>
> IMHO, Li18nux2K regulate and standardize the direction of i18n
> while, fontconfig/Xft is complete font management for fonts and
> the next trend in drawing in X. Why fontconfig/Xft doesn't
> appear in that spec. ?
Because, at the time LI18NUX2000 was drafted, fontconfig/Xft2 didn't
exist, and Xft was quite new (and immature).
Also, LI18NUX2000 was mostly about documenting the (then) best practice.
> On the other hand, I remember this is some projects on fonts and
> type service from Li18nux.org. I afraid there will be two set of
> facility regard fonts handling in further, if there is no
> cooperation between fontconfig/Xft and li18nux.
Perhaps you're talking about the STSF?
http://stsf.sourceforge.net
But personally, I think fontconfig/Xft is fast becoming the defacto
standard anyway, at least on Linux.
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