Re: [dev] freetype2/fc pain

From: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:15:55 +0200

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:32 AM Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:19:46PM -0700, AR Garbe wrote:
> > On 23 September 2018 at 11:56, Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It's not just about Emoji or anti-aliasing. If you work with languages
> > > that use non-Latin characters, support for fallback fonts is a must.
> >
> > Well, are you using st with glyphs that require fallback fonts?
> > I wonder if at suckless we should aim for the general purpose.
>
> Yes, st's fallback font support is the main reason I began to use it. I
> use st and dwm with Japanese and Chinese text almost every single day.

Just chiming in to say that I am using st with Japanese/Chinese fonts every
day as well.

I don't think we should throw out support for a feature that more than a billion
people on the planet rely on. That doesn't mean that we can't rethink how we
go about supporting that feature though.


Cheers,

Silvan
Received on Mon Sep 24 2018 - 09:15:55 CEST