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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fonts: good news (and bad news)
From:       Lars Knoll <lars () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2002-10-26 11:42:50
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> I am currently upgrading to Qt-3.1.0.  I installed the actual Beta
> tarball from the Trolls.
>
> The good news is that that strange foundry name: "[xft]" is gone. :-)
>
> The bad news is that the spacing problem is not quite fixed. :-(
>
> Specifically, Arial Narrow (M$ TTF) does NOT work.  The spacing is much
> too wide.

I'm pretty sure this is not a Qt problem, but rather some problem in Xft or 
freetype.

Cheers,
Lars

>
> Note that Nimbus Sans Condensed (GhostScript clone of Helvetica Narrow)
> works fine.
>
> Is this just a Qt issue? or is there a problem somewhere in KDE to
> report as a bug.
>
> --
> JRT
>
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