On 11.04.2004 01:55:48 Peter B. West wrote:
In connection with our recent discussions concerning font handling, I
looked at the contentious fontconfig system driven by Keith Packard.
snip what=very interesting resource/
I have also, as I noted previously, looked briefly at the way fonts
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
If that is the case (a big if) might we not be better to move to a more
generic form, with translation into each particular form of font
specification?
I can't tell. I don't see much benefit because the current system
already provides most of what FOP needs. A total
on-the-fly font discovery: Specify a directory and FOP finds all the
compatible fonts in there without the need for manual font metrics
creation. So this is something else.
font aliases: Mapping Arial to Helvetica, for example. Mapping font
characteristics is somewhat hardcoded already into FOP,
On Apr 12, 2004, at 5:55 AM, Peter B. West wrote:
Jeremias Maerki wrote:
If that is the case (a big if) might we not be better to move to a
more
generic form, with translation into each particular form of font
specification?
I can't tell. I don't see much benefit because the current system
Jeremias et al,
In connection with our recent discussions concerning font handling, I
looked at the contentious fontconfig system driven by Keith Packard.
The user documentation at
http://pdx.freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html includes:
quote
Font Properties
While font patterns may
/show_bug.cgi?id=13968
FontConfig appends null to current dir with version 2.04
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/show_bug.cgi?id=13968
FontConfig appends null to current dir with version 2.04
Summary: FontConfig appends null to current dir with version
2.04
Product: Fop
Version: 0.20.4
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
Status
