Certainly using client-side font rendering is what almost all commercial word processors, page layout and drawing programs have always had to do with X, because of the need for access to printer metrics.
Actually it turned out to be necessary with NeWS too, in most cases, because NeWS didn't support Type 1 fonts (nor TrueType when they were introduced) and you couldn't print F3 fonts. So there's certainly implementation experience, even without Xft, and the opportunity to clean up font installation is a *major* benefit. Best, Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Core staff contact, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net www.valinor.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org Author, Open Source XML Database Toolkit, Wiley August 2000 Co-author: The XML Specification Guide, Wiley 1999; Mastering XML, Sybex 2001 _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
