On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 01:55:21AM EDT, Keith Packard wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:39:32 -0700, Sairus Patel <sppatel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Speaking of deprecating old formats, CTS also put a stake in the > > ground and supports only OpenType fonts (no legacy Type 1 fonts or > > bitmapped fonts). Again, I've heard absolutely no complaints about > > this. > > I've had a plan to convert the bitmap X fonts to otf format, which would > eliminate PCF/BDF code from the X server... Forgive the naive question. Regarding fixed fonts, would conversion be possible without loss of quality? I am thinking of GNU/Unifont (used by grub's menu for instance), which is available both in PCF & TTF form. As it hapens, the TTF version as rendered on an xterm is practically illegible. CJ -- Alex Perez is aliveeeeeeee!!! _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
