[forum] bloatware

[David Dawes]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:16:59PM +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote:
>On Tuesday 01 April 2003 00:46, Havoc Pennington wrote:
>|  On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:57:54PM +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote:
>|  > On Monday 31 March 2003 02:58, Havoc Pennington wrote:
>|  > |  On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:57:13PM -0600, Ben Jansens wrote:
>|  > |  > Just out of curiosity, what font is more likely to be on a system,
>|  > |  > and to be used as a fallback font in place of fixed?
>|  > |
>|  > |  fixed is the correct fallback for core X fonts.
>|  >
>|  > In this case, only _fixed_ font should be installed in typical X
>|  > environment by default.
>|
>|  You want to have a single bitmap font as the only default-installed
>|  font? Somehow I don't think many people will agree with that.
>
>I think that well-done PS Type1 fonts cover all needs of Desktop users.
>You need one bitmap font ('fixed'?) just for compatibility with legacy apps.

Where is it written that 'fixed' must be a bitmap font?  As I said
earlier, you need to take the time to learn a little about some of
the things you're talking about.  Informed suggestions are more
productive than uninformed ones.

Speaking for myself.

David