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From: Ilmari Karonen <iltzu@sci.invalid>
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Subject: Re: New Version released - TONS of suggestions
Date: 6 Apr 2001 08:40:33 GMT
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In article <g3opct0djlh9roufue6hdmm7goaqtd1iso@4ax.com>, Peter Punk wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 03:54:04 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen"
><newsgroup@CeeJay.cjb.nOt> provoked the following text:
>
>>There is no need to view all the really huge ones when you need a max 4 line
>>font.
>>I suggest the following groups :
>>
>>Small , medium , large/huge , 3D , Special (fx. decimal , hex , digital,
>>morse, katana .. etc)
>
>But what if you add your own font? How could Jave "see" what kind of font that 
>is, without deviating from the standard formatting in the FLF?

Add a "custom" category with all the fonts that don't belong to any of
the standard groups.  No big deal.

May I suggest separating non-latin scripts into an "international"
category instead of putting them in "special".  And dingbat fonts should
also be kept separate, but I think you already discussed this.

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