On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Jungshik Shin wrote:
> JC> If you desire a different behaviour, you should either try to get your
> JC> applications to work with `-p-' fonts, or push for a ``biwidth'' `-b-'
> JC> spacing type to be included in a future versions of the XLFD.
>
>  If the answer to my two questions above is no, I don't think '-b-'
> is necessary. '-b-' is only necessary for 'iso10646-1' fonts derived
> from CJK TTFs, but I'm not talking about them (for them, I suggested
> 'subsetting' as a way around in my previous mesg.). Of course, if the
> answer is yes, my point is moot.

We discussed biwidth (-b-) fonts ages ago, but since then I though it had
been agreed that splitting bi-width fonts up into two charcell (-c-) XLFDs
is actually better, because leaves the application to decide, which width
to use for which character, especially as CJK and Western habits differ
here significantly.

Markus

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Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Email: mkuhn at acm.org,  WWW: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>

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