A font primer for Linux

Posted by dave on Oct 12, 2004 2:30 AM
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Like most people, I've generally taken fonts for granted over the years. You hit a key, a letter appears on screen -- no magic involved. That was pure ignorance on my part; when I first switched to Linux it surprised me how much was involved in getting that character up on the screen.

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