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	Beautiful Subpixel Rendering on Linux HOWTO
		Xft is a client to freetype; modern X applications are clients of Xft.
		Xft is part of the fontconfig package, which is part of Xorg.
		The problem is that Xft uses its antialiasing renderer to render each subpixel to an 8-bit gray value.
	people.brandeis.edu /~jcoiner/subpixel/Xft_subpixel_rendering_patch.html (786 words)

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		An Xft Tutorial Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team, SuSE Inc. Introduction This is a quick tutorial about the basics of Xft; a comparison to core X routines is given along with some brief examples 1.
		Xft separates the notion of matching fonts for listing from the list of which values are desired by the application.
		Xft takes a pattern and a list of element names and returns an array of patterns formed by extracting the desired pattern elements from available fonts which match the specified pattern.
	www.keithp.com /~keithp/render/Xft.tutorial (1244 words)

	An Xft (and FreeType) Hack
		These modifications of Xft and FreeType attempt to improve the quality of on-screen antialiased fonts in KDE and other applications or environments that make use these libraries.
		With the modified version of Xft that I've posted, fonts on the screen are more consistent from size to size, and the kearning (spacing from character to character) is much improved.
		I am currently working on a hack of the Xft library which improves the appearence and readability of serif fonts at low point sizes.
	www.cs.mcgill.ca /~dchest/xfthack (1795 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		XFT was developed to compensate for the sudden convergence problems exhibited by other parametric methods.
		XFT works as a high-resolution spectral estimator for short signals, giving higher resolution than the DFT before the DFT has converged.
		In this example, XFT is able to resolve a doublet that is not discernable in the DFT.
	chem.ps.uci.edu /~mandelsh/xft.html (405 words)

	Old News Archive - Xeffort.com
		XFT was acronym for rather stupid name of "eXtended Fortran Types".
		XFT Library is set of tools for fast and convenient writing of full-blown Win32 applications using CVF 6.x.
		XFT Lite (XFTGDI+XFTFile) released as it should be.
	www.xeffort.com /archive.html (1606 words)

	Xft configuration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Xft is an interface to the freetype rasterizer written by Keith Packard, member of the XFree86 Project, Inc. It allows applications to use fonts from the new X render extension using a unified font naming scheme.
		The Xft extension will now try to patch this pattern to all of the fonts available in the system.
		For some reason some (sybol) fonts are not correctly recognized, and Xft will show your default font, or a font which has the closest match (which is generally not what you mean at all).
	www.dexterslabs.com /danny/xft.html (1279 words)

	xft(3): X FreeType interface library - Linux man page
		Xft is a simple library designed to interface the FreeType rasterizer with the X Rendering Extension.
		An XftFont is the primary data structure of interest to programmers using Xft; it contains general font metrics and pointers to the Fontconfig character set and pattern associated with the font.
		As of version 2, Xft has become relatively stable and is expected to retain source and binary compatibility in future releases.
	www.die.net /doc/linux/man/man3/xft.3.html (1758 words)

	HiddenWires - Vutec Introduces Vision XFT Triplex: SilverStar, Flat-Fixed, Horizontal Masking System
		Vision XFT achieves this optimum viewing experience by being designed by Vutec to leave no space between the masking panels and projection screen.
		Equally important, Vision XFT is able to maintain constant image height for 4:3 NTSC TV, 16:9 HDTV, and 2.35:1 CinemaScope aspect ratios through an intelligent motor control system that has been electronically integrated into the product by Vutec engineers.
		Home theater owners using Vision XFT have a wide range of screen fabrics to choose among, starting with Vutec's patented SilverStar(tm) and its unique gain of 6.0, 180 degree off-axis viewing, no color shift, ambient light rejection, increased contrast, and bright, vivid colors.
	hiddenwires.co.uk /resourcesnews2006/news20060407-05.html (480 words)

	BitBuilder.com - Mozilla Xft Arabic
		This is basically an XFT enabled build of Mozilla 1.0 with the arabic patch applied.
		Xft enables anti-aliased fonts in Mozilla using your favorite arabic true type fonts.
		I found that not working in my case so I followed the instructions to add a ~/.fonts.conf file and that worked great (see this).
	www.bitbuilder.com /moz_xft_ar (244 words)

	Fontconfig and Xft
		Xft was designed from the start to support scalable fonts well, including anti-aliasing.
		Contrary to the X11 core font system, fonts are not rendered by the X server when using the Xft library, they are rendered by the application using the fonts.
		Xft uses the fontconfig library to locate fonts and to influence some details how they are rendered.
	www.suse.com /~mfabian/suse-cjk/fonts-xft-fontconfig.html (606 words)

	Make-Doc: XFT - Xmlrpc File Transfer and Chat
		XFT is a combined server/client application that allows one to both serve and receive files using xmlrpc based calls for communication, and async i/o for file transfer.
		The utility is written in Rebol and uses the xmlrpc libraries written by Andreas Bolka, the async protocol written by Gabriele Santilli, Maarten Koopmans, and Romano Tenca, and the async-call by Nenad Rakocevic.
		This is particularly true for XFT as it downloads files in packets and may well prevent virus scanners from picking up infected files.
	www.compkarori.com /xft (1567 words)

	XFT/GTK2 configuration - Programming - Present - Lakeside Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		XFT and GTK2 enable X11 applications to draw antialiased fonts.
		However, XFT's default is to antialias everything, which tends to butcher fonts near 12 points in size.
		Note that GTK 2 is using XFT 2, so fonts are specified in a simpler form than the old baroque XFLD system.
	thesapphirecat.iwarp.com /present/program/xft.html (464 words)

	Xft support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Xft library provides support for antialiased TrueType fonts, full Unicode, and an unbraindamaged font selection mechanism for X11.
		Xft takes care of deciding whether or not to AA a font.
		The Xft library is part of the standard installation, and there's no 'xft-config' executable to be found.
	wiki.tcl.tk /9015 (965 words)

	GTK+ - GTK+-2.2 Release notes
		* There is a bug in the Xft library in XFree86-4.1 and possibly previous versions that causes random crashes when using the Pango Xft backend.
		If you want to use Xft fonts, you should upgrade to XFree86-4.2.
		* Xft support is on by default when using Xft2 but off by default when using Xft1.
	www.gtk.org /gtk-2.2.0-notes.html (805 words)

	VUTEC INTRODUCES VISION XFT TRIPLEX SYSTEM
		Vision XFT is a flat-fixed, vertical masking system for anamorphic lens projectors that can maintain constant vertical height for all three standard aspect ratios.
		At the same time, Vutec has engineered Vision XFT to use the company’s IR6 infrared interface adaptor to allow users to more conveniently and inexpensively control the system via a learnable IR remote.
		Home theater owners using Vision XFT have a wide range of screen fabrics to choose among, starting with Vutec’s patented SilverStar and its unique gain of 6.0, 180 degree off-axis viewing, no color shift, ambient light rejection, increased contrast, and bright, vivid colors.
	www.hometoys.com /news.php4?section=view&id=16713650 (529 words)

	Installing fonts
		Xft has no configuration mechanism itself, rather it relies upon the fontconfig library to configure and customize fonts.
		Installing a font for use by Xft applications is as simple as copying a font file into one of these directories.
		Note that this option is misnamed: it switches KDE to using Xft but doesn't enable anti-aliasing in case it was disabled by your Xft configuration file.
	www.xfree86.org /current/fonts2.html (1635 words)

	XFT Fonts for Mandrake 9.1? - Scot's Newsletter Forums
		I want to get the XFT fonts that I've heard about, but I'm kinda a complete Linux newbie, trying to convert from Windows.
		There is a link for XFT fonts but only for Mandrake 9.0 because the problem should not exist in 9.1.
		Quint gave you the link to the XFT version of Firebird, that should take care of that problem, but not for the ¨Ctrl++¨ you say you have to do every time.
	forums.scotsnewsletter.com /index.php?showtopic=2294 (1537 words)

	XEmacs: XEmacs 21.5.24 "dandelion" is released (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The new font support is implemented by use of the Xft library and the standard Xrender extension.
		Xft fonts are configured using either X resources or `set-face-font'; the menus and Customize do not support them yet.
		Don't ever fall through to X core fonts if we had an Xft font (it should be NULL anyway).
	www.xemacs.org /Releases/21.5.24.html (5727 words)

	Antialiased Fonts, Xft hack and xft enabled mozilla - Knoppix.net
		I found a webpage that describes how to get a xft AA-font enabled version of Mozzilla into Debian, which is the base for KNOPPIX.
		Maybe a Debian xft Mozilla will be made available soon and it could be included too.
		Then users who have a licensed copy of windows should be able to install the fonts themselves or at least get the core fonts here: http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ and then install them.
	www.knoppix.net /forum/viewtopic.php?t=32&highlight= (717 words)

	The MotifZone
		These applications will need to be modified to use render tables or XFT font structures.
		The string is drawn using XFT font and color information specified in the rendition that is passed as a parameter.
		The string is drawn using XFT font and color information specified in the GC that is passed as a parameter.
	www.motifzone.net /index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=52 (927 words)

	TIP #205 Version 1.3: Use pkgconfig Database to Register Xft Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This TIP proposes to use Tcl's package configuration database (see TIP #59) to register whether Tk was compiled with support for Xft.
		However, at present application code has no way to determine whether or not Xft support was enabled when Tk was built.
		This TIP (or something like it) is a prerequisite for a script-level implementation of TIP #145, which will need to distinguish whether or not Xft is in use.
	www.tcl.tk /cgi-bin/tct/tip/view/205?ver=1.3 (222 words)

	Font Configuration and Customization for Open Source Systems
		Xft was originally designed to connect fonts rasterized with the FreeType[freetype] library with the X Render Extension[render] to the X window system[x].
		During a subsequent redesign of Xft, the configuration and customization portions of the library were extracted and moved into a separate library with the idea that they would be more useful if shared with other applications.
		The need to embed the parser for the custom Xft configuration language made it evident that a standard configuration file format was required.
	people.freedesktop.org /~keithp/talks/guadec2002/html (425 words)

	Xft Fonts and Rendering
		The Xft library is a library for displaying fonts on the X window system; internally it uses the fontconfig library to locate font files, and the FreeType library to load and render fonts.
		The Xft backend is the recommended Pango font backend for screen display with X. Using the Xft backend is generally straightforward;
		PangoXftRenderer is a subclass of PangoRenderer used for rendering with Pango's Xft backend.
	www.gtk.org /api/2.6/pango/pango-Xft-Fonts-and-Rendering.html (1083 words)

	Xft Antialiased Font Support Now Available in Linux - MozillaZine Talkback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		More experimental Xft builds are available from komodo.mozilla.org.
		Xft support is not currently enabled in the default Linux builds.
		Just installed Moz 1.2b with xft support, and the anti-aliasis IS on, but the Microsoft Core fonts (such as Verdana) have disappeared in the process!
	www.mozillazine.org /talkback.html?article=2580 (2124 words)

	new xft hack not working for me - Dev Shed
		Discuss new xft hack not working for me in the Linux Help forum on Dev Shed.
		Although the installation instructions for David Chester's xft hack seem so simple it doesn't work for me.
		what i am trying to say is that even though maybe most people know about xft / this hack, your description is still of no use for helping you.
	forums.devshed.com /linux-help-33/new-xft-hack-not-working-for-me-31959.html (968 words)

	XFree86 4.x and Xft
		Xft is an on-going effort to improve and modernize X's font handling.
		Note that Xft2 makes radical changes to Xft configuration, which is greatly simplified.
		For some reason some (symbol) fonts are not correctly recognized, and Xft will show your default font, or a font which has the closest match (which is generally not what you mean at all).
	feenix.burgiss.net /ldp/fdu/x-4x.html (3491 words)

	EmacsWiki: XftGnuEmacs
		Of course, like for all experimental and unreleased code, you should expect problems and you are expected to report them to the proper place (i.e.
		Note that selection of Xft fonts through the user interface is not yet working at the time of writing — presumably there’s a lot of X ilLogical Font Description code to be worked around.
		June 9, 2006: The Xft code is now also in the emacs-unicode-2 CVS branch.
	www.emacswiki.org /cgi-bin/wiki/XftGnuEmacs (764 words)

	The XFT Glue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		FreeType2, the successor to the original FreeType library, was designed to be compact, efficient, and portable across all kinds of systems, including embedded systems.
		Later, during a redesign of Xft, the font configuration and customization portions of the library were broken out into a separate library called FontConfig.
		FontConfig3 permits applications to locate fonts installed on the system and uses sophisticated font matching and selection algorithms to identify fonts according to certain characteristics, such as family, weight, or Unicode range.
	eyegene.ophthy.med.umich.edu /iuc27/html/img18.html (264 words)

	[Lesstif] Xft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I've just added a first cut at configuration/build support for Xft.
		It doesn't currently allow you to build without Xft.
		Please note that adding stuff such as these four lines renderTable: xft* xftrenditionForeground: blue xftfontName: verdana xftfontSize: 12 to your ~/.Xresources or whatever it may be called gets lots of applications to display using FreeType fonts.
	www.hungry.com /pipermail/lesstif/2002-November/002510.html (97 words)

	pcHDTV :: View topic - Package xft was not found in the pkg-config search path
		Package xft was not found in the pkg-config search path.
		Package Xft has no available version, but exists in the database.
		I am not sure what to do with the --with-png-prefix, but adding that string to the./configure did not help.
	www.xmission.com /~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2061&sid=725f0e88cce1c1ecf27cd9291b685bdc (409 words)

	Fontconfig and Xft Support For Mozilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Xft has been extended to support AA text both through the Render extension and the core protocol to make sure everyone gets great looking text.
		These patches require current Fontconfig and Xft bits as distributed in fcpackage version 2.0 here.
		Get your Fontconfig and Xft and bits up to date, then download either the glibc 2.2-based build (done on Debian Testing) or a patch that you can apply to current Mozilla CVS.
	fontconfig.org /mozilla (131 words)

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