[comp.windows.x] future for X fonts

karl@mote.umb.EDU ("Karl Berry.") (06/04/89)

Does the consortium have any plans for upgrading the font technology?
For example, to use some outline format instead of just bitmaps. We are
going to be working on fonts for GhostScript (the GNU PostScript
interpreter, which runs under X), and it seemed needless to invent an
outline format just for that, if other plans were in the offing. (Sun's
so-called ``OpenFonts'' F3 format that they bought from folio is
apparently only going to be available under license, so they blew their
chance at having the outline standard.)

Thanks for any information.

Karl (karl@umb.edu)            Kathy (letters@umb.edu)