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From: ken@hpcvlo.HP.COM (Ken Bronstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xdefaults files
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Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 18:53:13 EST
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Whoa...The definition of X is perfectly designed to handle different
display sizes.  The problem is that most people(companies) have not invested
the time to create fonts to properly handle their displays.

One of the neat things about X is that when you call XGetFont() the
server gets the font on the machine doing the display work. This means
that if I ask for times roman 12 point font that my server, regardless
of the pixel size on my machine, can get me a real 12 point font. Now
we only need to get a set of fonts that are customized for our
respective displays.  It is too bad it takes so long for the X world
to get its respective font file scene together.  However the design of
X will prove correct as we all grow into it.

			-Ken ("We need a good font editor") Br(dp(dp(e