1 Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access.
4 * discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common
5 source of configuration problems.
6 * perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts
7 can be selected if fonts are missing.
8 * identify the set of fonts required to completely cover a set of
10 * have GUI configuration tools built as it uses an XML-based
11 configuration file (though with autodiscovery, we believe this need is
13 * efficiently and quickly find the fonts you need among the set of fonts
14 you have installed, even if you have installed thousands of fonts,
15 while minimizing memory usage.
16 * be used in concert with the X Render Extension and FreeType to
17 implement high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a
21 * render the fonts themselves (this is left to FreeType or other
22 rendering mechanisms).
23 * depend on the X Window System in any fashion, so that printer only
24 applications do not have such dependencies.