xlsfonts character cell

[Chuck Pergiel]

I think I am missing something here.

if there are pixels outside of the rectangle defined by the font
ascent/descent and the width of
each character, doesn't that mean that those dimensions are wrong?

Fixed and 'ink inside', sort of implies that ordinary fixed pitch fonts
have ink outside those dimensions, which could cause trouble when putting
them on the screen.

is this some kind of special case used for a certain category of languages?



Chuck Pergiel
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:

> Chuck Pergiel <c.pergiel at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > What the heck is a 'Character Cell' font and how is it different from the
> > other two kinds?
>
> Fixed and 'ink inside', which is to say that all of the lit pixels are
> inside a rectangle defined by the font ascent/descent and the width of
> each character.
>
> --
> -keith
>
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