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Fontconfig 2.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the you'll-get-helvetica-and-like-it dept.

david_g writes "Keith Packard released version 2.0 of Fontconfig. Fontconfig is "a library for configuring and customizing font access". It can "discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common source of configuration problems", among other nifty functionalities. It comes with Xft2, and there are patches for GTK, Mozilla, and QT3 being readied. Another small step towards world domination..."

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  1. X font problems... by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    every font problem stems from one simple problem... People and programs throw fonts anywhere and everywhere...

    if you forced everyone to put fonts in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ or wherever the Xfree86 people say then the problem is solved.. the font server can easily look for new fonts.

    Linux and X suffer from the fact that too many people are allowed to do it their way... it's time to start forcing things to make simple things like fonts easier.

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