From: Jay Link (jlink@interlink-bbs.com)
Date: Mon 14 Feb 2000 - 14:33:24 IST
> Experts on the widely-read linux-svgalib mailing list today suggested > that TrueType fonts should be available in a single standard > directory. A spokesman claimed that to think otherwise would be "kind > of silly". Ouch! Well, f*ck _me_, then. Don't forget that TrueType was first developed by Apple, so it's already cross-platform (to some degree). > Seriously, I think a better idea is to have a standard location (or, > more likely, hierarchy) for fonts of *all* types. We'd certainly want > to include Type 1 fonts, for example (commonly used by both X and > ghostscript, at least). And it's all rather meaningless unless there's > a) a standard set of free fonts you can be `sure' are going to be > there (the URW Type 1 fonts spring to mind), and b) mention of it in a > more appropriate forum. You perhaps could have sufficed with this paragraph. Ok, look -- we already have directories like this: /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts /usr/share/groff/font /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts /usr/x11R6/lib/fonts Would it not make sense to have something for TTF fonts, since AFAIK there's nothing currently in place? That's all I was saying. If we had come to some consensus, then we could have promoted the idea elsewhere. If you feel that having a TTF directory is an inherent rip-off of M$, then programs that use TTF fonts can just include the fonts in the source tarball. I was hoping to avoid 10+ programs that all included Arial, but maybe that's what'll have to happen. If you want an all-encompassing fonts hierarchy, with perhaps links to the aforementioned directories, then that would be a good idea, too. We all appreciate your efforts with zgv, but that doesn't give you free reign to lambast legitimate posts. Where is your sarcastic wit when people keep asking the same questions about setuid root? :) I don't want to be at odds with you, but I think your last post was a bit excessive. -J
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