[CS-FSLUG] Fonts, Memory & GNU/Linux

[Ed Hurst]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Don Parris wrote:

> Does GNU/Linux handle fonts the same way Windows does?  I mean, the
> more fonts you load in Windows, the more RAM you use.  Does X or the
> desktops handle this any differently?  I got hold of a load of
> TrueType/OpenType fonts and don't want to install them all if it's
> going to bog down my system.

It's been my experience it does. In fact, on low-powered machines, TTFs 
appear to take more power than the Type1 fonts.

Ed Hurst
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