@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
  (Format: Year/Month/Day)
 Changes for 1.0rc3:
+*07/01/05:
+   * Change default Xft font to "monospace" (was "fixed") (Simon)
+     - The "fixed" font loads a bitmap Xfont
+     - Note that bitmap fonts do not rotate properly, and especially the 
+       baseline isn't adjusted for the lack of rotation. Thus we recommend
+       that if you are using a bitmapped font (e.g. artwiz), then specify it
+       using xfld style (-*-snap-*-*-* ...etc) so that fluxbox loads it with 
+       traditional XFont/XmbFont calls, resulting in correct placement and 
+       rotation.
+     FbTk/... Font.hh/cc XftFontImp.cc ThemeItems.cc
+     FbWinFrameTheme.cc
 *07/01/04:
    * Added new resource for init file to control default window decorations:
      session.screenN.defaultDeco: <bitmask>, where the bitmask corresponds

@@ -197,21 +197,44 @@ }
 
         FontImp* tmp_font(0);
 
+        // Xft and X/Xmb fonts have different defaults
+        // (fixed doesn't really work right with Xft, especially rotated)
+
+        // HOWEVER, note that if a Xft-style font is requested (not start with "-"), and
+        // it turns out to be a bitmapped XFont, then Xft will load it, BUT it does not 
+        // currently (5jan2007) rotate bitmapped fonts (ok-ish), nor adjust the baseline for its
+        // lack of rotation (not ok: messes up placement). I can't see a neat way around this, 
+        // other than the user re-specifying their font explicitly in XFont form so we don't use the
+        // Xft backend.
+
+        std::string realname = *name_it;
+
 #ifdef USE_XFT
-        if ((*name_it)[0] != '-')
+        if ((*name_it)[0] != '-') {
+
+            if (*name_it == "__DEFAULT__")
+                realname = "monospace";
+
             tmp_font = new XftFontImp(0, s_utf8mode);
 #endif // USE_XFT
+        }
 
         if (!tmp_font) {
+            if (*name_it == "__DEFAULT__")
+                realname = "fixed";
+
 #ifdef USE_XMB
-            if (s_multibyte || s_utf8mode)
+
+            if (s_multibyte || s_utf8mode) {
                 tmp_font = new XmbFontImp(0, s_utf8mode);
-            else // basic font implementation
+            } else // basic font implementation
 #endif // USE_XMB
-                tmp_font = new XFontImp();
+    {
+               tmp_font = new XFontImp();
+    }
         }
 
-        if (tmp_font && tmp_font->load((*name_it).c_str())) {
+        if (tmp_font && tmp_font->load(realname.c_str())) {
             lookup_map[name] = (*name_it);
             m_fontimp = tmp_font;
             font_cache[(*name_it)] = tmp_font;

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static bool utf8() { return s_utf8mode; }
 
 
 
-    explicit Font(const char *name = "fixed");
+    explicit Font(const char *name = "__DEFAULT__");
     virtual ~Font();
     /**
         Load a font

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ }
 
 template <>
 void ThemeItem<Font>::setDefaultValue() {
-    if (!m_value.load("fixed")) {
+    if (!m_value.load("__DEFAULT__")) {
         cerr<<"ThemeItem<Font>: Warning! Failed to load default value 'fixed'"<<endl;
     } else {
         string effect(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".effect", altName()+".Effect"));

@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ }
     
     // destroy all old fonts and set new
     for (int r = ROT0; r <= ROT270; r++) 
-        if (m_xftfonts[r] != 0)
+        if (m_xftfonts[r] != 0) {
             XftFontClose(App::instance()->display(), m_xftfonts[r]);
+            m_xftfonts[r] = 0;
+        }
 
     m_xftfonts[ROT0] = newxftfont;
     m_name = name;
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ return true;
 }
 
 void XftFontImp::drawText(const FbDrawable &w, int screen, GC gc, const FbString &text, size_t len, int x, int y, FbTk::Orientation orient) const {
+
     if (m_xftfonts[orient] == 0)
         return;
 
@@ -223,11 +226,10 @@
     Display *disp = App::instance()->display();
 
     XftPattern * pattern = XftNameParse(m_name.c_str());
-    XftPatternAddMatrix(pattern, XFT_MATRIX, &matrix);
     XftResult result;
-    XftPattern * foundpat = XftFontMatch(disp, 0, pattern, &result);
-    XftPatternDestroy(pattern);
-    XftFont * new_font = XftFontOpenPattern(disp, foundpat);
+    pattern = XftFontMatch(disp, 0, pattern, &result);
+    XftPatternAddMatrix(pattern, XFT_MATRIX, &matrix);
+    XftFont * new_font = XftFontOpenPattern(disp, pattern);
 
     if (new_font == 0)
         return false;

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ m_unfocused_alpha(255) {
 
     *m_title_height = 0;
     // set defaults
-    m_font->load("fixed");
+    m_font->load("__DEFAULT__");
 
     // create cursors
     Display *disp = FbTk::App::instance()->display();