GTK, Pango Fonts

["Brian Hanley" <brian hanley flextrade com>]

Hi all,

I am trying to figure out how to make proper use of fonts
with GTK, and am not find a whole lot of answers out there.

Here are some of my questions:

1. Is there a Pango FAQ, or GTK fonts FAQ?
   Specifically, is there a document describing how Pango is built on
   top of, and works with, freetype and Windows native fonts?

2. Does Pango on X use freetype only, or does it allow X bitmap fonts?

3. What fonts are available to Pango?
   When you bring up a Pango font selection dialog, do the fonts there
   simply reflect the system fonts? Or do they represent Pango font
   families which are used to select from the system fonts? Is there
   such a thing as a "Pango font"?

   In order to get more fonts for Pango on X, do I simply install
   freetype fonts? Similarly, to get more fonts for Pango on Windows,
   I just install Window fonts?
   How do I manage what list of fonts is presented in the font selection
   dialog, both on X and on Windows?

4. Are there any cross-platform projects which attempt to make their
   fonts look the same on both Windows and on X, and if so, what
approach
   do they take?

5. How much of a performance penalty is there for rendering fonts with
   Pango versus drawing fonts with XDrawString?

6. Are there any optimizations of Pango which would allow significant
   speed-up?

7. Is it possible to use X bitmap fonts with GTK widgets?

If any of you might be able to point me in the right direction,
I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks,
Brian

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