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List:       xfree-fonts
Subject:    [Fonts]Re: Removing core support from Xft
From:       Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn () cl ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2001-12-14 19:48:46
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Steve Swales wrote on 2001-12-14 18:17 UTC:
> Since render is not yet a standard extension, and making this change would 
> disable Xft on all commercial X servers aside from XFree86, I would caution 
> against it at this time.

I think, Keith addressed that objection already in his original proposal:

> >Server-side fonts were added to Xft to support legacy X servers without the
> >Render extension.  I suggest that instead of using server-side fonts, Xft
> >should rasterize glyphs with FreeType and draw with the Render extension
> >where available and using the core protocol for legacy servers without
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >Render support.  
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Or did I miss something?

Markus

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Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Email: mkuhn at acm.org,  WWW: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/>

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