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Re: font.dir a font.alias related with Can't start X
- To: cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: font.dir a font.alias related with Can't start X
- From: Maurizio Codogno <mau at beatles dot cselt dot it>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 13:39:58 +0200
- Organization: Telecom Italia Lab
- References: <3B42FB91.A946FE98@gemplus.com>
In die Wed, 04 Jul 2001 13:18:42 +0200
Luc Ferran <Luc.FERRAN-EXTERNAL@gemplus.com> scripsit:
> 7x14.pcf.gz -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1
> ...
>
> font.alias
> 7x14 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
>
> I'm not an expert, but I thing there is something curious... one time we
> speack about iso10646 (I'don't have any file containing this name in
> font dir) and an other time we speak about iso8859.
funny - someone wants to let you have a Unicode fond (ISO 10646) :-)
Maybe since it contains only the first 256 code points it is then
translated to the usual ISO 8859-1.
ciao, .mau.