This is a gtk widget setup problem. I had it myself. You need to set up a .gtkrc file with a default font specifier for class GtkWidget. I'd give you a copy of mine, but I don't have my laptop here at the moment.
-Mark Mikko Hänninen wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem with some fonts displaying the text as squares instead > of the letters. I noticed the problem initially with Gnumeric, but it > also appears with xmms playlist display. So I don't think it's a > Gnumeric problem, rather than a problem with fonts in X, or how Gnome > is handling the fonts. This problem appeared about a month ago when I > updated some X and X fonts packages using apt-get (I forget the time and > packages exactly, unfortunately). > > I am running Debian unstable. XFree86 3.3.6. I don't usually run > Gnome, just some Gnome applications from time to time. > > I have made a screen capture of the problem, it's at > http://www.wizzu.com/scratch/gnumeric-window.gif > > I found a similar problem report on debian-user from Dominique Dumont > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Sep 4th. (Archived at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200109/msg00310.html ) > But the fix that worked for him (re-arranging the font configuration > lines in the XF86Config file) does not work for me. Also, I can't get > the fonts show correctly in Gnumeric regardless of the magnification. > But it is similar in the for every 2 typed characters I get 1 square. > > My X configuration for fonts looks like this: > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > I am not subscribed to debian-user, so please Cc all replies to me as > well. > > I'm at a loss what to do to get fonts showing properly again in > Gnumeric, so I'm thankful for any help, ideas or suggestions. > > Mikko > -- > // Mikko Hänninen, aka. Wizzu // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.wizzu.com/ > // The Corrs list maintainer // net.freak // DALnet IRC operator/ > // Interests: roleplaying, Linux, the Net, fantasy & scifi, the Corrs/ > When in doubt, ignore it. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark S. Mathews AbsoluteValue Systems Web: http://www.linux-wlan.com 715-D North Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Melbourne, FL 32934 Phone: 321.259.0737 USA Fax: 321.259.0286
