I'm specifically talking about the type-1 fonts in the distribution; I wasn't planning to pull the renderer itself.
Specifically the package: xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 - Jim
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 20:34 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
2008/9/3 Jim Gettys jg@laptop.org:
Last I knew, all they would do (on the screen) was make for an ugly screen, as we haven't had a decent Type-1 font renderer....
Anyone have any knowledge of anything current that uses type-1 on the screen? On paper? - Jim
Many proprietary fonts are only available in Type 1 format (with licenses that permit private format conversion, eg Adobe) and they remain dominant in the print end of the graphic design industry.
I guess free programs that cater to print-end graphic designers - Scribus especially, and Inkscape too - would have users making use of Type 1 fonts a lot.