On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:52:30AM +0900, Yasuhiro Take wrote: > The biggest problem about TrueType font configuration for X is the syntax > of .scale file. X provides two backends to handle TrueType fonts, xtt backend > and freetype backend. The former features dynamic decoration of TrueType font, > which for example creates bold and italic faces from upright medium face. > This feature requires additional parameters to .scale file. Its syntax is > of course nonstandard, and conflicts with the syntax for the freetype backend.
Since mutating fonts like this usually results in a crappy looking font anyway, why don't we just configure the fonts we *really have* in a standard format and leave any other mods to the user? -- Mike Stone
