Re: some XFree86 5.0 questions...
Martijn Sipkema <[email protected]>
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> > Could you provide more information as to why handling fonts on the > > client side is better? I'd think a font server has some advantages. > > > > --ms > > So i think you can provide some information why a font server has some > advantags, thanks. - fonts don't need to be local. - better caching of fonts - access to fonts only by server. this also removes searching for available fonts from applications. --ms