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diff --git a/substvars b/substvars new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd896ce --- /dev/null +++ b/substvars @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Common-Description: + Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access. + . + Fontconfig can: + . + * discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common source + of configuration problems. + * perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts can + be selected if fonts are missing. + * identify the set of fonts required to completely cover a set of languages. + * have GUI configuration tools built as it uses an XML-based configuration + file (though with autodiscovery, we believe this need is minimized). + * efficiently and quickly find the fonts you need among the set of fonts you + have installed, even if you have installed thousands of fonts, while + minimzing memory usage. + * be used in concert with the X Render Extension and FreeType to implement + high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a display. + . + Fontconfig does not: + . + * render the fonts themselves (this is left to FreeType or other rendering + mechanisms) + * depend on the X Window System in any fashion, so that printer only + applications do not have such dependencies |