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Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect
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Markus Unterwaditzer |
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Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect |
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Sun, 8 Jan 2017 21:23:09 +0100 |
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NeoMutt/20161126 (1.7.1) |
On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 09:18:01PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
> > When upgrading from Freetype 2.7 to 2.7.1 my configuration of the
> > Terminus bitmap font broke. Turns out it is now available under a
> > new name: "xos4 Terminus".
>
> This is correct.
>
> > $ fc-match "xos4 Terminus"
> > ter-112n.pcf.gz: "xos4 Terminus" "Regular"
> > $ fc-match "Terminus"
> > DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"
> >
> > This happens to me on two ArchLinux machines using the terminus-font
> > package, one of them with AMD Catalyst drivers and one of them with
> > Intel. Downgrading to freetype 2.7 or using that new identifier
> > fixes my problem.
>
> Well, it's not a problem but an expected change, which is mentioned in
> FreeType's `CHANGES' file:
>
> - PCF family names are made more `colourful'; they now include the
> foundry and information whether they contain wide characters. For
> example, you no longer get `Fixed' but rather `Sony Fixed' or
> `Misc Fixed Wide'.
Is there a reason for doing this in a bugfix release? As far as I can tell this
is a backwards-incompatible change, and every application that has had Terminus
configured will fall back to something else.
>
>
> Werner
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, (continued)
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Markus Unterwaditzer, 2017/01/09
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Markus Unterwaditzer, 2017/01/09
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Werner LEMBERG, 2017/01/09
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, James Cloos, 2017/01/09
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Werner LEMBERG, 2017/01/08
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Markus Unterwaditzer, 2017/01/08
Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect, Werner LEMBERG, 2017/01/08
- Re: [ft] Another problem with X11 PCF fonts and 2.7.1, now with bisect,
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