David Dawes writes: > > Just so people don't get the wrong idea about what "XFree86" is > doing, core (server-side) font support will continue to be supported > and maintained while ever there are sections of our user base that > need it. The same is true of our inclusion of the 'xtt' module as > an alternative to the 'freetype' module.
Indeed core fonts should continued to be supported so that legacy application continue to work as they do today. However one should carefully deliberated if the functionality of the core fonts should still be extended as has been done in the past. This has not improved the quatlity of the code and introduced some very questionable hacks. These questionable hacks should be fixed or removed as they introduce instabilities or lead to unexpected results. > > Non BMP planes in XLFD hasn't been addressed by XFree86 because it > wasn't a pressing issue for anyone. It is being addressed now via > this discussion. Since few people seem to be interested in this > issue, and if the death of XLFD is imminent, then it's probably > good enough for those who are interested to agree on how to handle > it according to their needs. Care must be taken not to introduce more 'hacks' which may have unexpected side effects. Estimating these side effects was the reason why I started this discussion here. > > > Yeah, TTCap is useful, but it appears that we're trying to solve the > >wrong problem turning away from the real issue. The real problem is > >that we don't have quality CJK fonts in multiple styles. > > A practical engineering solution is about getting the results you > need today with the resources available. It doesn't matter if > TTCap one day becomes unnecessary because of the availability of > better fonts. > Indeed. Those used to plethora of font styles available for latin character sets don't realize the pain of those who need fonts with more than 256 glyphs. Generating fonts for asian character sets takes much more effort, therefore it can be expected that TTCap will remain a valid 'workaround' for a long time. Egbert. _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
