On 2002.05.25 21:30 Derrik Pates wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:14:02AM +0100, Jos? Fonseca wrote: > > What are the differences for a desktop user between using xfs or X's > own > > Xft? Which one is better? > > Xft and xfs don't fill the same role at all. Xft is the client-side font > rendering component (used with the RENDER extension) for anti-aliased > fonts. xfs is a separate-process font server (as a complement to, or > replacement for, locally-specified fontpaths in XF86Config[-4]). > Supposedly in some configurations it can lower font-rendering latency > (of course, it doesn't affect apps that use the RENDER extension for > font drawing - the fonts there are drawn in the client process space). > It also introduces the liability that your X server can hang if it loses > its communication channel with the font server. >
Ok. But, when not using RENDER, in the presence of xfs who does the actual rendering: the X server or xfs? In other words, does the xfs handle glyphs, or just the whole font files themselves to the X server? Jos� Fonseca _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
