fontconfig@fontconfig.org (Keith Packard) writes:> We''ve got bitmaps for ''Times'' and Helvetica as well as Fixed and when apps > ask for these by name, they get them. And they''re quite ugly.They''re not that bad, particularly when compared to the versions rendered from the URW outline fonts. I''m currently doing this sort of thing in my .fonts.conf to use the bitmap versions for non-antialiased text and the freefont outline equivalents for antialiased text when "Times" is specified: <match> <test name="family"><string>Times</string></test> <test name="antialias"><bool>true</bool></test> <edit name="family" binding="strong"> <string>FreeSerif</string> </edit> </match> -- Adam Sampson <azz@gnu.org> <URL:http://azz.us-lot.org/>
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 11:40, Dan Egnor wrote:> > By default, only X font directories containing outlines are included > > in fonts.conf now; the bitmap fonts are generally more of an annoyance > > than a help. > > Eep. What about everyone''s favorite, misc-fixed? I hate to have to > tell users that they have to mess with their system configuration (or > install a ~/.fonts.conf) to get the full complement of X11 fonts.Red Hat ships a special bitmap-fonts package which installs a small set of selected bitmap fonts in /usr/share/fonts (misc-fixed and lucidasanstypewriter)> In what way are the bitmap fonts an annoyance?* It''s really confusing/bad if bitmap helvetica (etc.) are in the set of fonts you are matching against. * The bitmap fonts don''t necessarily fall into nice families. * A lot of the bitmap fonts just clutter up the list of fonts, and aren''t anything that a user would want to select. (open look cursor would be an extreme example.) * Plus the bitmap fonts in the X11 font directories are .pcf.gz, the .gz backend in FreeType isn''t really mature yet, and is always going to be slow. Regards, Owen
Around 11 o''clock on Mar 4, Dan Egnor wrote:> Eep. What about everyone''s favorite, misc-fixed? I hate to have to > tell users that they have to mess with their system configuration (or > install a ~/.fonts.conf) to get the full complement of X11 fonts.You can add the bitmap font directorys in /etc/fonts/local.conf; the problem is that fontconfig doesn''t have any way (at this point) to delete font directories on a per-user basis. Hmm. Perhaps there should be a way.> In what way are the bitmap fonts an annoyance?We''ve got bitmaps for ''Times'' and Helvetica as well as Fixed and when apps ask for these by name, they get them. And they''re quite ugly. -keith
> By default, only X font directories containing outlines are included > in fonts.conf now; the bitmap fonts are generally more of an annoyance > than a help.Eep. What about everyone''s favorite, misc-fixed? I hate to have to tell users that they have to mess with their system configuration (or install a ~/.fonts.conf) to get the full complement of X11 fonts. In what way are the bitmap fonts an annoyance? Dan