update re bitmap fonts

Milk Brewster 2019-08-14 12:19:03 +01:00
parent 1d7e92d1e6
commit b2ab8f2614

@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Sway is *almost* a drop-in replacement for i3, but you may have to make a few ch
## Font configuration
Sway does not support X logical font description (XLFD) configuration strings. It uses Pango, which does support bitmap fonts, and uses the format `font pango:Gohu GohuFont 10`. Use `pango-list | grep [fontname]` to confirm the correct font name.
Sway does not support X logical font description (XLFD) configuration strings. Instead it uses Pango, and one can use `pango-list | grep [fontname]` to confirm the correct font name. Pango, [as of version 1.44](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/4390), does not support older bitmap fonts (BFD), although it does support bitmap-only OTF fonts.
## Common Xorg apps used on i3 with wayland alternatives: