tlug: Ugly fonts in Communicator mail

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Washi" == Washi  <washi@example.com> writes:

    Washi> One problem I've had is with Japanese fonts. If I use
    Washi> Communicator for email, the Japanese fonts in received mail
    Washi> look terrible. What's the best way to fix this?

1.  Buy nice fonts.  Japanese foundries are understandably anxious to
recover the high costs of creating large repertoires of high-quality
glyphs.

TurboLinux Pro provides the Ryobi TrueType fonts.  In order to use
them with Netscape, you need either a TrueType or VFlib X server or X
font server.  In the installation I have now, the Ryobi fonts don't
show up in xfontsel; I don't know why.  You may have to install a
separate X server or xfs with those features enabled.

You can also (maybe) use TT fonts from Windows; however as I read the
license (old and for the US version, but I don't see why Bill would
relent), you're only legally allowed to use them under Windows.

2.  Don't permit scaling of bitmap fonts.  Add :unscaled to the
fonts/misc entry in your fontpath (see `man xset' for how to change
your fontpath).

    Washi> Also, why is it that Navigator requires you to quit the
    Washi> program and reopen it each time you change fonts? Is this a
    Washi> limitation of Linux?

No, it's a limitation of Netscape.  Lots of programs can do this.  In
fact, Netscape will change Latin-1 fonts on the fly.  My guess is that
Netscape users were complaining either about memory usage or the X
server freezing every time they changed Netscape fonts.

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