Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?

From: Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>
To: Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>
Cc: Peter Snyder <kafer77a ameritech net>, Nautilus <nautilus-list lists eazel com>
Subject: Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:07:42 -0700

on 10/23/01 8:44 AM, Alex Larsson at alexl redhat com wrote:

> Gtk+ uses the Xft extension for it's AA text rendering. This is a X
> extension implemented by the server. On some/most hardware, glyph
> renderering is accelerated, so it is probably faster.

Ah. I didn't realize gtk+ was already using Xft. I thought that was just a
potential future optimization.

I'm worried now. Does Xft work for rendering into the canvas buffer? This
may complicate the Nautilus porting process.

    -- Darin

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?
  - From: Abe Fettig
- Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?
  - From: Alex Larsson
- Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?
  - From: Joe Shaw

References:
- Re: [Nautilus-list] Freetype2 in Gnome2?
  - From: Alex Larsson

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