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Fontconfig does the following: |
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* discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common source |
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of configuration problems. |
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* perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts can |
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be selected if fonts are missing. |
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* identify the set of fonts required to completely cover a set of languages. |
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* have GUI configuration tools built as it uses an XML-based configuration |
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file (though with autodiscovery, we believe this need is minimized). |
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* efficiently and quickly find the fonts you need among the set of fonts |
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you have installed, even if you have installed thousands of fonts, while |
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minimzing memory usage. |
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* be used in concert with the X Render Extension and FreeType to implement |
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high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a display. |
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WWW: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig |
