Problem of Xft2

From: Mike FABIAN <mfabian@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Fonts] Re: After-XTT's extension of the encoding field.
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:55:26 +0200

> I agree that the old X fonts are broken beyond repair and we should
> move on to use fontconfig/Xft as much as possible.

  The Xft2 seems to have a very important problem in CJK 
environment.

  As you know, people in CJK use "FontSet" or "FontList" 
when using XLFD.  However, the Xft2 does not have such a
mechanism.  Therefore, a toolkit using Xft2 must have it.

  In fact, Qt has a mechanism of "Font Substitutions". We 
can set it easily by "qtconfig".  This mechanism is 
excellent.  So I always use Konqueror as my browser.

  But Gtk2 has not complete font-substitution mechanism.
Therefore, Gtk2 is insufficient in CJK environment.
So I *NEVER* use Gtk2-mozilla.  It has no flexibility of a 
font setting.

  The right and wrong of a toolkit become clear when using 
Xft2.  For me, Qt is the only choice when using Xft2. So I do
not feel charm for Xft2 now.

  If the Xft2 itself has "Font Substitutions", I may like it.

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    Chisato Yamauchi