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- From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim)
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- Subject: Re: Is there any reason *not* to install OW fonts in "X11fonts"?
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 16:41:25 GMT
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- Excerpts from misc: 22-Jul-92 Re: Is there any reason *no..
- Bob_Dew@alw.nih.gov (506*)
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- > I've always wondered whether there was any reason *to* install OW fonts
- > in a separate directory. Keeping separate font directories means you
- > somehow need to make ATK recognize multiple font paths in order to run
- > in a mixed environment of MIT/MOTIF and OW users. Its much simpler to
- > lump all fonts into a single directory, letting the respective font
- extensions distinguish OW, BDF, and MIT/MOTIF fonts.
-
- As Rob already pointed out, you can't mix and match different font
- formats in the same directory. Mkfontdir croaks on this. I'd rather
- see multiple font diretories but leave it to the user to xset fp
- correctly in their startup files.
-
- Gary Keim
- Andrew Consortium
-