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Date:      Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:52 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Whither ttmkfdir?
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1uz55rjZ1P17CYATCxGW91DZTK079574TJonKjK6t-wZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron <
jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote:

> On 24.03.2015 20:01, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > If font directories are no longer required by the latest Xorg-server,
> never
> > mind.
>
> Yes, FWIW, nowadays, text and therefore fonts are handled by the X
> client, not the X server anymore. It means applications are using
> fontconfig to find fonts and freetype to render glyphs.
>
> --
> Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron
>
> Thanks. I was worried because I bought a number of TT fonts as a part of =
a
commercial package and needed the old ttmkfdir to use them, but I see that
is not an issue any more.  I see the instructions in the handbook still
call for ttmkfdir in 6.6.
--
Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired



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