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Re: The WHY of Xft
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Kenichi Handa |
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Re: The WHY of Xft |
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Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:32:23 +0900 (JST) |
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In article <address@hidden>, James Cloos <address@hidden> writes:
> There are also still at least a couple of things I forgot to mention.
> Server-side unicode fonts are limited to the bmp, so one cannot edit
> scripts that use non-bmp characters w/o switching to client-side
> fonts. Client-side fonts are also necessary to take full advantage
> of opentype features.
And, from a viewpoint of multilingualization, the biggest
advantage of using local-side font (via Xft or by freetype
directly) is that we can access such OpenType tables as
GSUB/GPOS for Indic, and etc.
---
Ken'ichi HANDA
address@hidden
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, (continued)
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Han Boetes, 2005/03/10
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Jan D., 2005/03/11
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Ali Ijaz Sheikh, 2005/03/18
- RE: Antialiased text on X11, Drew Adams, 2005/03/18
- The WHY of Xft [was: Re: Antialiased text on X11], James Cloos, 2005/03/19
- Re: The WHY of Xft [was: Re: Antialiased text on X11], Miles Bader, 2005/03/19
- Re: The WHY of Xft, James Cloos, 2005/03/20
- Re: The WHY of Xft, Miles Bader, 2005/03/20
- Re: The WHY of Xft, David Hansen, 2005/03/21
- Re: The WHY of Xft, James Cloos, 2005/03/21
- Re: The WHY of Xft,
Kenichi Handa <=
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Miles Bader, 2005/03/18
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Jan D., 2005/03/19
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Miles Bader, 2005/03/19
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Stefan Monnier, 2005/03/19
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Han Boetes, 2005/03/19
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Jan D., 2005/03/20
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Miles Bader, 2005/03/19
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Jan D., 2005/03/20
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Jan D., 2005/03/20
- Re: Antialiased text on X11, Miles Bader, 2005/03/22