On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Even if you got them to use the exact same font, the software they use for > drawing text is so different it will still not look the same. If it's a > bitmap font it will be closer, but TrueType fonts won't even have the same > appearance, much less spacing, since GNOME/GTK+ apps will be using the open > source FreeType font engine to render the font, while CDE uses the commercial > Bitstream font engine built into the X server to do the same.
Ah ha, interesting... Line spacing issues aside, Lucida Sans Typewrite at 9 points is OK (but I still prefer dtterm's look). Does the latter point about Bitstream fonts also apply to the xorg X server? -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
