>The code for interfacing with BitStream's FontTastic font server is in
>the Corel tree. The BitStream server supports an extended XFS api that
>allows us to do things like get a glyph outlines, etc. The API itself is
>readily visible in the header files, though the actual client interface
>library (a derivative of the XFS interface library used by X Servers) is
>only available as a binary. Bitstream might be convinced to allow Corel
>to release the source portion of the library, but it shouldn't be strictly
>necessary if someone wants to extend the XFree 4.0 FreeType enabled xfs with
>the same extensions.
But the problem is that for now, Fontastic is closed source and proprietary
and costs money. If you guys can get them to release the source that would
be fantastic, but I don't see that happening. That stuff is not cheap.
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Michael Cardenas Deneba Software
Lead Linux Programmer http://www.deneba.com
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