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@@ -923,6 +923,16 @@ Emacs has focus. To enable them, set the variable w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil. See the doc string of that variable for the list of extra keys that are available. +** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. +The font backend was completely rewritten for this release. The focus +on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full unicode +support, including complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A +rewrite of the BDF font support has not happened due to lack of time +and developers. If demand still exists for such a backend even with +the improved language support for native Windows fonts, future +development in this direction will most likely be based on the +freetype library, giving access to a wider range of font formats. + * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1 |