Initial import of fontconfig, version 2.1. Description follows:

Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access.

Fontconfig can:
* discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common
  source of configuration problems.
* perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts
  can be selected if fonts are missing.
* identify the set of fonts required to completely cover a set of
  languages.
* have GUI configuration tools built as it uses an XML-based
  configuration file (though with autodiscovery, we believe this need is
  minimized).
* efficiently and quickly find the fonts you need among the set of fonts
  you have installed, even if you have installed thousands of fonts,
  while minimzing memory usage.
* be used in concert with the X Render Extension and FreeType to
  implement high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a
  display.

Fontconfig does not:
* render the fonts themselves (this is left to FreeType or other
  rendering mechanisms).
* depend on the X Window System in any fashion, so that printer only
  applications do not have such dependencies.

Approved by wiz.

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+Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access.
+
+Fontconfig can:
+* discover new fonts when installed automatically, removing a common
+  source of configuration problems.
+* perform font name substitution, so that appropriate alternative fonts
+  can be selected if fonts are missing.
+* identify the set of fonts required to completely cover a set of
+  languages.
+* have GUI configuration tools built as it uses an XML-based
+  configuration file (though with autodiscovery, we believe this need is
+  minimized).
+* efficiently and quickly find the fonts you need among the set of fonts
+  you have installed, even if you have installed thousands of fonts,
+  while minimzing memory usage.
+* be used in concert with the X Render Extension and FreeType to
+  implement high quality, anti-aliased and subpixel rendered text on a
+  display.
+
+Fontconfig does not:
+* render the fonts themselves (this is left to FreeType or other
+  rendering mechanisms).
+* depend on the X Window System in any fashion, so that printer only
+  applications do not have such dependencies.