Single file version available here.
Last updated on 2008-06-17.
To discuss, comment here.
| Next |
Table of Contents
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
> I use Xfree86 4.0.3 and xfs. > Now as I under stand X is able to render fonts by it self (be that > tt,speedo, type1...) > So why do I need xfs? Any reason to keep it?
xfs can serve fonts to remote sessions so the fonts need not reside on the remote machine. This is useful for x terminals and such. xfs can also serve font types not directly supported by X, eg TrueType.
John Thompson @attglobal.net