# HG changeset patch
# User Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
# Date 1217505135 0
# Node ID 1f11efe0153501652ee44ba68db41d6a8a849706
# Parent  3e9c34bd95b36264a92643219b310c0aa6bb3aa0
Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.

diff -r 3e9c34bd95b3 -r 1f11efe01535 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Thu Jul 31 10:04:21 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Jul 31 11:52:15 2008 +0000
@@ -923,6 +923,16 @@
 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