I am no expert on fonts or computers, but I am interested in learning. As I understand fonts, they are divisible into 2 sets: (1) system fonts, which are loaded into memory as part of the boot process and (2) personal fonts, which are not loaded into memory as part of the boot process; instead, personal fonts are moved into and out of memory as the need arises and ends. If every system font is loaded into memory at boot time, where it remains until the computer is powered down, then is there really any need for more than one folder for system fonts?
Here is a related question: Is anything more involved in "installing" a font than putting the font files in a folder where they can be found when the need to load them arises? In other words, does font installation involve any internal housekeeping beyond putting the font files in a folder where they can be found when the need for them arises? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux%27s-font-system-tf2749029.html#a7680755 Sent from the Scribus mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
