On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
[...]
> The problem boils down to the fact that Linux has no standard way to map
> screen fonts to printer fonts. X11 does not print, and does not provide a

[...]

> To put it concisely, here's a problem: show me some code that displays a
> font, and *reliably* prints the same font. Once you solve this problem,
> you can do WYSIWYG. Before then, you can't. 

[...]

> 
> IMO, the right way (tm) is to simply provide some database that stores the
> following kind of information about a font:
> 
> * 	screen name ( as in the XFLD )
> *	outline file name 
> *	font metric file if applicable
> *	family name
> *	weight ( bold, demibold, regular, light )
> *	slant ( italic, oblique, regular )
> 
> Once you document the format of the database ( actually, xml is one
> possibility ), you can write APIs to read it and edit it in any language
> you choose.


This looks like an excellent opportunity for KDE and GNOME people to
collaborate on a mutually beneficial, widget set-independent project.

Dave