On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 09:18:01PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > When upgrading from Freetype 2.7 to 2.7.1 my configuration of the > > Terminus bitmap font broke. Turns out it is now available under a > > new name: "xos4 Terminus". > > This is correct. > > > $ fc-match "xos4 Terminus" > > ter-112n.pcf.gz: "xos4 Terminus" "Regular" > > $ fc-match "Terminus" > > DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book" > > > > This happens to me on two ArchLinux machines using the terminus-font > > package, one of them with AMD Catalyst drivers and one of them with > > Intel. Downgrading to freetype 2.7 or using that new identifier > > fixes my problem. > > Well, it's not a problem but an expected change, which is mentioned in > FreeType's `CHANGES' file: > > - PCF family names are made more `colourful'; they now include the > foundry and information whether they contain wide characters. For > example, you no longer get `Fixed' but rather `Sony Fixed' or > `Misc Fixed Wide'.
Is there a reason for doing this in a bugfix release? As far as I can tell this is a backwards-incompatible change, and every application that has had Terminus configured will fall back to something else. > > > Werner _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
