Re: XmBDFEdit and PSF fonts

Mark Leisher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.fonts
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:
>>are widths greater than 8 pixels now available for console fonts?
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> Yes. For example, the kbd distribution has some 12x22 fonts.
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>>Should xmbdfed export all PSF fonts in Unicode order or should
>>the original order be preserved as much as possible?
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> The order is significant. The video hardware expects line drawing
> characters at certain positions, giving them a pixel extra.
> 
> Andries

Thanks, Andries.  I'll "do the right thing," then :-)
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