Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:52:19 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries Message-ID: <1104522739.14416.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20041231140557.1956ddd7@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <20041230195320.GA91304@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041230203049.GA11245@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041230211112.GA20159@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041230215331.GA29414@xor.obsecurity.org> <1104447677.8767.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20041231004046.715eaea2@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <1104451192.23882.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20041231140557.1956ddd7@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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--=-nVITzXcvzQeDiFok6NZO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 14:05 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:59:52 -0500 > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 00:40 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:01:17 -0500 > > > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >=20 > > > > 2.1.9 would work, but we have not updated due to the API changes. > > > > Therefore, I haven't tested 2.1.9 to know if its rendering style wi= ll be > > > > uglier than 2.1.7. If someone can produce a 2.1.9 RPM, and it rend= ers > > > > decent fonts, then by all means, go for it. > > >=20 > > > Will the data produced by fc-cache be compatible? The linux bits will > > > use the FreeBSD fonts, so any files generated in a place which FreeBS= D > > > sees too has to be compatible. > >=20 > > The data produced by the two should be compatible, but the versions of > > fontconfig are so different, I can't say for sure. The files, however, > > are text, so you should be able to visually compare >=20 > Here's the difference between our fc-cache and the linux one. Our > fc-cache produces some more hints, but I hope this doesn't confuse the > linux bits. I intend to _not_ run the linux version of fc-cache and let > the FreeBSD version handle the fonts. The hinting shouldn't matter. Freetype should just ignore what it doesn't understand. Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-nVITzXcvzQeDiFok6NZO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB1a3yb2iPiv4Uz4cRAmt4AJ96kbjh/jB3gwTtkm7RwqgWwsoETQCggx1Q gdETPPvVJqGI2QnjhOyhKYk= =DWzw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nVITzXcvzQeDiFok6NZO--
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