In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Z Maze wrote: > "Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Moseley >wrote: >>> >>> ii gsfonts-x11 0.16 Make Ghostscript fonts available to X11. >> >> This package is a real uglificator. Replace it with a dummy equiv. > > Why do you say that? That package makes the PostScript fonts included > with the GhostScript PS interpreter available to X. My experience has > been that PostScript fonts are generally superior to bitmapped fonts, > except at what these days are unusually low resolutions; if you want a > non-standard resolution, bitmapped fonts are right out. I'd actually > consider this package essential to coming up with font support that > doesn't suck.
Superior to bitmapped fonts, sure, but inferior to the scalable fonts it overrode. When I googled for a quick fix to my problem, I found I wasn't the only person who had issues with this package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
