Re: CSS fonts only?

[Christopher Fynn <cfynn gmx net>]

Gail

Please clarify, what exactly do you mean by "font faces that cannot
described in CSS" and 'font faces which CSS cannot support'?

Examples?

- Chris


Gail Carmichael wrote:
> 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)
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