On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:44:10AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:59:57PM -0600, Will Trillich wrote:
> > why don't my new fonts show up? i think i've tried just about
> > everything suggested, so far... :(
>
> The foolproof way:
> 1) Drop the fonts somewhere. I use /usr/local/share/fonts/ (create it
> if it's not there already), since it won't annoy dpkg there.
> 2) Add another FontPath line to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; there's
> already a bunch up the top, just copy one of them.
> 3) If they're pcf fonts, then run 'mkfontdir' in
> /usr/local/share/fonts/, as root. sudo, of course, is the neatest
> way to accomplish this. If they're TrueType fonts, run 'mkttfdir'
> instead.
> 4) Restart X, or if you don't want to do that quite yet, run 'xset +fp
> /usr/local/share/fonts/;xset fp rehash'. This command just tells the
> X server to firstly add /usr/local/share/fonts/ to it's list of font
> paths, and then to rehash it's list of available fonts.
> 5) Enjoy!
>
> Of course, I've not tested this, so please tell me which bits I've
> screwed up :-)
okay, i obviously need more synaptic juice than i appear to
possess. these fonts are installed and lurking hither and yon,
but refuse to cooperate with me (probably they have a beef
against clue-free newbies):
"dpkg -L freefont" shows that i should have at least
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/boecklin.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/coronet.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/tekton.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/bodoni.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/bodonib.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/brushstr.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/garmndmi.pfb
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/baskvl.pfb
which i interpret to be arnold bo�cklin, coronet, tekton,
bodoni, bodoni bold, brush stroke, garamond italic and
baskerville. (there are also many others, but these are some
i'm familiar with, and i'll know if they show up on screen under
a font menu somewhere, even if under a different name.)
i did
# apt-get install fttools
so i could
# cd /usr/X11R6/X11/fonts/Type1/
# mkttfdir
whoops, those are type1 postscript, not truetype fonts.
# mkfontdir
and then (as i'm coming to expect, AN ERROR! horrors!)
$ xset +fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
X Error of failed request: 86
Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath)
Serial number of failed request: 9
Current serial number in output stream: 11
pooh. "man xset" is a bit terse (only covers its args, no error
messages) and looking in "man X" for this turned into an
afternoon that i'll never get back.
$ xset q
shows (line breaks added)
Font Path:
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
that gsfonts path is one that i did manage to add via "xset fp+"
but the fonts therein still don't show up on any menus (from
xfontsel to kwrite, to cover a broad range). just to be sure i
didn't miss anything, i did "xlsfonts | grep bodoni" and sure
enough, there warn't none. (same for "xlsatoms | grep -i bodo".)
so hopefully i've shown that i did a bit of homework, but i'm
still getting an F on the quizzes. :(
no, really. is there something obvious i've missed? or is this
some initiation ritual to weed out the newbies?
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I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0;
Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #79 from Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
When using a display manager (xdm, kdm, gdm) are your SHELL
DEFAULTS IGNORED IN X? Put
. ~/.bashrc
into your ~/.bash_profile so that new logins get not only the
login environment but also the shell environment; and add
. ~/.bash_profile
into your ~/.xsession, which makes sure that the X session gets
a login environment.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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