From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] doc: Describe how to make X server find TrueType fonts. Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 22:22:37 +0300 Message-ID: <87h9c7alqa.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20160701092730.2265-1-alezost@gmail.com> <20160701092730.2265-4-alezost@gmail.com> <87bn2gf6kt.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34066) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJQV3-0003tD-Rs for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 15:22:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bJQUx-0001fq-Mq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2016 15:22:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87bn2gf6kt.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:38:42 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2016-07-02 17:38 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost skribis: > >> * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Document how to add TrueType fonts >> installed in a Guix profile to the X server font path. > > [...] > >> @@ -1192,6 +1193,24 @@ to display fonts, you have to install fonts >> with Guix as well. >> Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and >> @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}. >>=20=20 >> +However, some programs do not support Fontconfig and rely on the X >> +server to recognize a font. > > What about: =E2=80=9COlder programs such as @command{xterm} do not use > Fontconfig and instead rely on server-side font rendering.=E2=80=9D? Sure. [...] >> To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in >> graphical applications, consider installing >> @code{font-adobe-source-han-sans} or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}. The former > > I would move the new text below the paragraph about Chinese languages > (the paragraph about Chinese languages is about client-side rendering.) Right, will do, thanks! --=20 Alex