Re: I want my old fonts back!

[Toralf Lund <toralf kscanners com>]

> Toralf Lund <toralf kscanners com> writes:
> > I still don't think this is ideal, though. It seems to me that I can
> > use *only* Xft (with our without aliasing, which is good) or *only*
> > non-Xft fonts. Why can't I have both, i.e. all fonts available listed
> > in the selection dialogues?
> >
>
> It doesn't make sense. Xft vs. non-Xft is NOT two different sets of
> fonts. It's two different font backend libraries that can each display
> any font you want to display.
>
> If you want the font "FooBar" in Xft, then add "FooBar" to the Xft
> configuration. If you don't want it in Xft, then don't add it.
>
> Ditto for non-Xft; if you want a font there, then add it.
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Well, I admit I didn't check very carefully how it all works, but then 
again, I don't find a lot of documentation in the packages that would 
explain it.

What I do know, though, is that I get a lot more fonts from xlsfonts, 
xfontsel etc. than what I see in the Xft font selection dialogues, so 
*something* must be wrong with the default setup. Also, I'm a bit weary of 
learning new configuration file formats etc., and I'm a bit concerned 
about what I see as a tendency in the GNOME community for redesigning or 
reimplementing features when it would be more constructive to improve what 
already exists.

- Toralf