From: Mike FABIAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Fonts] Re: After-XTT's extension of the encoding field.
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:55:26 +0200
> I agree that the old X fonts are broken beyond repair and we should
> move on to use fontconfig/Xft as much as possible.
The Xft2 seems to have a very important problem in CJK
environment.
As you know, people in CJK use "FontSet" or "FontList"
when using XLFD. However, the Xft2 does not have such a
mechanism. Therefore, a toolkit using Xft2 must have it.
In fact, Qt has a mechanism of "Font Substitutions". We
can set it easily by "qtconfig". This mechanism is
excellent. So I always use Konqueror as my browser.
But Gtk2 has not complete font-substitution mechanism.
Therefore, Gtk2 is insufficient in CJK environment.
So I *NEVER* use Gtk2-mozilla. It has no flexibility of a
font setting.
The right and wrong of a toolkit become clear when using
Xft2. For me, Qt is the only choice when using Xft2. So I do
not feel charm for Xft2 now.
If the Xft2 itself has "Font Substitutions", I may like it.
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Chisato Yamauchi
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