On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:48:22 +0000 cdesktopenv-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Anthony Perkins wrote: > > > The following patch gets the Lucida Sans font working on my FreeBSD > > system. Before applying this, title bars and menu bars are displayed > > in the "-misc-fixed" font. This is on FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3. > > Thank you for this. Now I realized why I was the only person > not complaining about how CDE font look:) > > I have Sun Java JDK installed (1.6.0 from ports) and I have this: > > FontPath "/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/fonts/" > FontPath "/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/oblique-fonts/" > > in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > with this present, TrueType Lucida Sans becomes available for > " -b&h-lucidasans-*" and CDE looks much, much better. > > I would recommend anyone who has Java installed to try > that setup - just add the line above (or similar) to > your Xorg.conf and > > sudo cp cde/programs/fontaliases/freebsd/C/fonts.alias > /usr/dt/config/xfonts/C/ > > I was also wondering why Linux choose -b&h-lucidabright- > which is a serif font. > .. FYI: Debian Squeeze with sun-java6-fonts uses -lucida-lucida*. -- Isaac Dunham <ibid...@lavabit.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
