Default Font Collections

Reflection X Advantage provides font collections A set of font files or a reference to a font server. Font collections can be either private or public. commonly required to support X client applications. All of the X11R7 fonts for The Open Group are available at 75 and 100 dpi (dots per inch resolutions). Font collections are also available from Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sun, and IBM, along with fonts for Japanese hosts and for Unicode (where supported).

The Reflection X server has access to all of the fonts in the Server Font Path list. When an X server receives a protocol request about fonts from a client application, it searches these font collections to satisfy the request.

X.Org 75 dpi Fonts

The X.Org 75 dpi font collection works well with VGA resolution displays.

Resolution

Display Size

800 x 600

15" and 17"

1024 x 768

19"

1152 x 900 or 1280 x 1024

21"

X.Org 100 dpi Fonts

The X.Org 100 dpi font collection works well with high resolution displays.

Resolution

Display Size

800 x 600 or 1024 x 768

13" and 14"

1024 x 768

15" and 17"

1152 x 900 or 1280 x 1024

19"

1600 x 1200

21"

X.Org Misc Fonts

The X.Org misc font collection contains a basic set of fonts for X clients, including the "cursor" font frequently used for different cursors needed by X clients, and the "fixed" font that is required for the X server to start.

HP Fonts

These 75-dpi fonts are required by HP VUE and other X clients designed to run on Hewlett-Packard hosts.

DEC Fonts

These 75-dpi fonts are required by many X clients designed to run on Digital Equipment Corporation hosts.

IBM Fonts

These 75-dpi fonts are required by AIX windows, and by many X clients that run on IBM RISCsystem/6000 (AIX) hosts.

Sun Fonts

These 75-dpi fonts are required by X clients designed to run on Sun Microsystems hosts.

Japanese Common Fonts

This is a collection of 75-dpi fonts for generic Japanese hosts.

Unicode Fonts

This is a collection of Unicode-compliant 100- and 75-dpi fonts for those applications that support Unicode display.

TrueType Fonts

This is a collection of TrueType fonts for applications that support the advanced font scaling capabilities offered by the TrueType format.

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