> Hello!
>
> On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped.
> > Has this always been the case?[...]
>
> gzipped fonts support was added in XFree86 3.3. XFree86 (<= 3.2) could
> not handle gzipped fonts. I don't know about oth
On 25 Jul, Anthony Fok wrote:
> though. ^_^ I wonder if the gzipped font support is from XFree86 only or
> from X11R6.3? :)
>
As far as I know, this is a X11R6.3 feature.
Ciao,
Martin
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They were previously compressed (*.Z). Now the XFree group uses the gnu
compression tool (gzip/*.gz). The compress algorithm has some
copyright/distribution problems--gzip doesn't. The choice is made by the
XFree foundation, not debian, though it makes better sense for debian, too.
Yes this
Hello!
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped.
> Has this always been the case?[...]
gzipped fonts support was added in XFree86 3.3. XFree86 (<= 3.2) could
not handle gzipped fonts. I don't know about other commercial X-
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