[forum] bloatware

[Vadim Plessky]

On Tuesday 01 April 2003 00:46, Havoc Pennington wrote:
|  On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:57:54PM +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote:
|  > On Monday 31 March 2003 02:58, Havoc Pennington wrote:
|  > |  On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:57:13PM -0600, Ben Jansens wrote:
|  > |  > Just out of curiosity, what font is more likely to be on a system,
|  > |  > and to be used as a fallback font in place of fixed?
|  > |
|  > |  fixed is the correct fallback for core X fonts.
|  >
|  > In this case, only _fixed_ font should be installed in typical X
|  > environment by default.
|
|  You want to have a single bitmap font as the only default-installed
|  font? Somehow I don't think many people will agree with that.

I think that well-done PS Type1 fonts cover all needs of Desktop users.
You need one bitmap font ('fixed'?) just for compatibility with legacy apps.

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Vadim Plessky
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