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Common-Description:
Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access.
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Fontconfig can:
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* 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.
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Fontconfig does not:
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* 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
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