Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system?

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From	Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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On 21/05/15 10:22, Michael Baeuerle wrote:

> A *single* font with glyphs for at least the whole Unicode BMP is GNU
> Unifont. Most other fonts contain only some thousand glyphs.
>

http://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont-7.0.06/unifont-7.0.06.bmp

Blimey...

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how do fonts work in a modern linux system? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-05-21 00:12 +0000
  Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-21 09:13 +0100
    Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-21 09:21 +0100
      Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-21 22:36 +0100
    Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-05-21 20:39 +0000
  Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? Michael Baeuerle <michael.baeuerle@stz-e.de> - 2015-05-21 09:22 +0000
    Re: how do fonts work in a modern linux system? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2015-05-21 11:02 +0100

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