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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Finding fonts in ATK
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Date: 24 Mar 88 23:08:00 GMT
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    Date: Mon, 21 Mar 88 10:24 EST
    From: Mark Steven Sherman <mss+@andrew.cmu>

    In the beginning, calls like XLoadFont and XLoadQueryFont were synchronous,
    returning a null pointer if the font was not usuable, e.g., did not exist.

I didn't see the beginning of this conversation, but as far as I know,
XLoadQueryFont has always been and still is synchronous, returning a
null pointer if the font doesn't exist.  I am thus at a loss to
understand both your gnashing of teeth and your lengthy message.

    I no longer maintain that code and I haven't looked at the latest Xlib
    doucmentation, but out of curiousity, is there an easy way to handle a 0-length
    font on the client side?

I don't understand the question.