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Subject: Re: Kword included in font HOWTO
From: David Sweet <dsweet () chaos ! umd ! edu>
Date: 2000-03-12 18:56:20
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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
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