> Is there a way to know how much memory fonts in X use? I'm thinking of
> installing additional fonts (for brochures and other publications) but
> I am afraid if this would affect my machine's overall performance
> (thinking that this is only a laptop) :)
Adding fonts wont affect performance, they will only eat disk space.
> Or are fonts dynamically loaded (and unloaded)?
yup but they are cached
If you happen to extensively use a full pledged gui like gnome or kde,
use lightweight themes. Flashy gtk2 themes for example have adverse
effects on performance
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