Re: CSS fonts only?

[Gail Carmichael <gail banaszkiewicz gmail com>]

Hey all, I haven't heard back from anyone.  I would really like to 
discuss this issue with some developers.  Thanks!! :)

Gail

Gail Carmichael wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I just joined this list because I've been working on text in Inkscape 
> for the last year or so (though mostly just during last year's Summer 
> of Code, what with being busy in school), which as you probably know 
> uses Pango for font management.
>
> One thing I would like to do in Inkscape is add support for font faces 
> that cannot described in CSS.  I started laying the foundation for 
> this last year, but cannot go further because Pango does not support 
> fonts beyond those which CSS can support (please correct me if I have 
> misunderstood this fact!).
>
> I would very much like to continue in this direction this summer, but 
> to do this, Pango would have to change.  The purpose of this email is 
> to find out from you guys whether this is possible.  Being a newcomer, 
> I am unsure whether there are some fundamental or philosophical issues 
> to be considered before adding to the possibilities in the font weight 
> and variant and style (etc) structures.
>
> Having said all this, if it IS desirable to support more variety of 
> fonts, in the sense that the font structures can describe these fonts 
> fully, I am interested in contributing to Pango to make this happen, 
> likely as part of this year's Summer of Code (through Inkscape).
>
> I'd love to hear your thoughts!
>
> Gail
> (http://gailcarmichael.com if you want to know more about me)