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