I'm not sure whether this is an app-specific issue or a library issue, so I'll start here and move if it should be an app issue.... One anoyance I have with Xft as compared to server-side fonts is most easily seen in xfd(1x): with -fn empty glyphs result in empty boxes in the grid; with -fa and a sfnt font you get those anoying box glyphs. The extra noise makes it difficult to tell at a glance what glyphs exist on the current page. Should fontconfig have a way of overriding the missing glyphs? Perhaps something akin to <blank/>, but specifying a glyph id rather than a character code? Or should freetype? Or is this too app-specific, and should it be a xfd(1x) bug report? -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. <cloos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
