Re: Font Manager?

[Dan Newcombe <Newcombe mordor clayton edu>]

> On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Greg S. Hayes wrote:
> > 	Also how is Gnome progressing with True Type support? Will we build
> > True Type into Gnome or wait for XF86 to add TT support to the server?
> Both; if your X supports TT, then GNOME will use that.  If not, then GNOME will
> use it's own TT implementation.

My question is WHY?

  It seems like a terrible waste to have it in two places.  Font service
is a function of the X server (either in the server or via the xfs) and
should be left there.

  Of course that is just my opinion and I could be wrong...