On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:33 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/16/06 12:02, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200 > > Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Running Sarge. I'd like to use fonts like Helvetica and Lucida Sans > >> Typewriter as menu fonts, editor fonts and the like. > >> > >> However, I can only do so in gtk1 applications, such as the > >> version of Sylpheed that comes with Sarge. > >> > >> They do not show up in gtk2 and qt applications (except for > >> OpenOffice and Opera who appear to have a set of fonts of their > >> own), nor can I configure them in the Gnome font settings (e.g. by > >> running /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties). > >> > >> Yet, they do exist: in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi > >> and .../75dpi. Is there a way to make them globally available? > >> > >> S.H. > >> > >> > > > > Yes. Bitmap fonts are disabled by fontconfig (the library used by > > GTK2 and QT) by default. To change this, run 'dpkg-reconfigure > > fontconfig' as root, and answer 'yes' to the question regarding > > bitmap fonts. > > Hmmm, that's interesting. No questions. > > # apt-cache policy fontconfig > fontconfig: > Installed: 2.4.1-2 > Candidate: 2.4.1-2 > Version table: > *** 2.4.1-2 0 > 500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > > # dpkg-reconfigure -plow fontconfig > Cleaning up font configuration of fontconfig... > Cleaning up category cid.. > Cleaning up category truetype.. > Cleaning up category type1.. > Updating font configuration of fontconfig... > Cleaning up category cid.. > Cleaning up category truetype.. > Cleaning up category type1.. > Updating category type1.. > Updating category truetype.. > Updating category cid.. > Regenerating fonts cache... done. > > In testing/unstable, part of the old fontconfig package has been moved (confusingly) to fontconfig-config. Run dpkg-reconfigure on that instead. [...] -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
