Just to confuse the issue, CAD packages sometimes use their own defined "fonts" which are actually icons used in the application. You copy them manually onto the workstation. In my case, the application runs on the (Unix) server and displays to the (Linux) workstation. If you couldn't copy them to the workstation you would have to use the X font server on the Unix server and that would be pretty slow (double redirection and image generation on the server).
Cheers, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Glen Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 13 July 2004 11:49 AM To: Jeff Waugh Cc: Slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] Fedora Font Server [Was: X11 Font?] On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 02:19, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Rob Weir"> > > > Fedora still uses a font server by default? Why? > > I asked about this a while back. Too much work/churn to change it > without a lot of obvious positive impact, I was told. They should > blast a can of Free Software monkeys on it or something. Having it distinct might be good for a while longer. I'm still waiting for someone to write a font server which finds fonts via fontconfig rather than fonts.dir files. And, yeah, it would need to convert X font names into PS/TTF font names, but that would be fine. The operational nightmare is having two distinct font finding paths and two distinct font installation procedures. [1] [1] Or more, if you use GhostScript, xpdf and OpenOffice. -- Glen Turner Tel: (08) 8303 3936 Australian Academic & Research Network www.aarnet.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
