Re: some XFree86 5.0 questions...

Martijn Sipkema <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.forum
Message-ID <004001c2ef05$b11fc740$161b14ac@boromir>
> > Will XFree86 5.0 use Xft for font rendering or might
> > it (also) use Sun's STSF (http://stsf.sf.net)?
> > 
> 
> Xft is the standard.

Neither are the standard.

> STSF is a bad design,

What are the problems with its design? I'd like to know
what the pros and cons are of both Xft and STSF.

> and none of the toolkits
> that matter are interested in supporting it.

Maybe.. but do they have technical reasons for
not doing so? And if so, where can I find these?

--ms
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