From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 03:08:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 571EE714 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x229.google.com (mail-ie0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 192E2770 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iedm5 with SMTP id m5so12921908ied.3 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=PlYmIA3US8amqMXaoqpu3CxQEhYduPoCnyJ6QFlUpGA=; b=bE9/uzLNrMNaEDN0jdw3rTdYtpM1Zzn7RY4+RGoxtWeChRXx9H3CN4zDv2o7UrpgoM X21P+9McefFFooHMgbMOM0+dABwxdl3PM4+tI4ELpyMeFS5AufXRGT4IobjdcamAdhp7 iLmvmAvLyWs7upU4kEO2SUsnAQKAwXir/ZfJ0pfX/k8cms8qVlTD7RZDGqMwhbUsZ75Z HA/OT5B+IoXscc+ADqHBOD+EtYLzhMN/sqTAHl5csZfu1dBrUyZo8j78E93RGmxBqZ4Y X9kUrHwg7ePL3kC93nWzK8n/d8ls3BLv/IM2zCLdVELzCkiDfB1cDcO25P7MI1FQ8kqy WhfA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.100.211 with SMTP id b19mr16015152ico.5.1427252932427; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.174.86 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5511F37F.20801@dumbbell.fr> References: <5511F37F.20801@dumbbell.fr> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:52 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rOIy_Iww9gKLu1MLHPwf8tlXArY Message-ID: Subject: Re: Whither ttmkfdir? From: Kevin Oberman To: =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:08:53 -0000 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