On sob 19. lipca 2003 19:59, Keith Packard wrote: > Around 1 o'clock on Jul 18, Tomasz Grobelny wrote: > > But the output is (for "Times"): > > /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/timR24.pcf.gz > > so it is a non scalable, non outline font (I was requesting quite the > > opposite). Why is that so? > > Because the family match is "more important" than the scalable match -- > applications which explicitly ask for 'Times' are going to get it if you > have it. The alternative is quite confusing when selecting font families > from an application menu (ask for Times, get Times New Roman). > But in the application menu only scalable font should be shown (ex. word processor). > To make the system never provide 'Times', you need to remove it from > consideration entirely. No, I want only my app to use vector fonts. Everything else should remain untouched. > Yes, this is a kludge, and perhaps we should (instead) have a way to > eliminate fonts based on their characteristics instead. Syntax and > semantics suggestions for that would be welcome. > What about a possbility to provide parametrical match. The developer could provide priority for each font property (the order of font properties should be necessary). For example if I want only scalable fonts I would place FC_SCALABLE in the first place and then the rest (family, weight, slant, etc.). Tomek
