I'm specifically talking about the type-1 fonts in the distribution; I
wasn't planning to pull the renderer itself.
Specifically the package: xorg-x11-fonts-Type1
- Jim
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 20:34 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
> 2008/9/3 Jim Gettys <jg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Last I knew, all they would do (on the screen) was make for an ugly
> > screen, as we haven't had a decent Type-1 font renderer....
> >
> > Anyone have any knowledge of anything current that uses type-1 on the
> > screen? On paper?
> > - Jim
>
> Many proprietary fonts are only available in Type 1 format (with
> licenses that permit private format conversion, eg Adobe) and they
> remain dominant in the print end of the graphic design industry.
>
> I guess free programs that cater to print-end graphic designers -
> Scribus especially, and Inkscape too - would have users making use of
> Type 1 fonts a lot.
>
--
Jim Gettys <jg@xxxxxxxxxx>
One Laptop Per Child
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