On Thursday 07 November 2002 05:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 05:08:28 -0500 (EST) > From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: True type fonts in mozilla./evolution > Organization: Red Hat Inc. > Or prehaps some people just don't actually *read* the
Mike, what we have here is a major "failure to communicate", and you (redhat) are 50% of the problem. I TOOK THE TIME TO READ THE RELEASE NOTES, and came away thinking all I had to do is put the fonts into ~/.fonts or (or /usr/share/fonts), and run fc-cache directory. Of course, doing this does NOT get fonts recognized for the other app's (mozilla, open office, etc.). > RELEASE-NOTES. And I quote: > > o Red Hat Linux now uses Xft for fonts in GNOME and KDE, which > uses fontconfig for configuring fonts. The old style Xft config file > /etc/X11/XftConfig is no longer used or supported, having been replaced > by the new unified fontconfig method of configuration. The fontconfig > config file can be customized by editing > /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file. > > If you have fonts that you would like to add to your > configuration, you can copy them to ~/.fonts (or /usr/share/fonts), and > run fc-cache directory. The fonts will then be available. > It would have been nice if the release notes had gone on to say something like: For applications other than GNOME and KDE, do the following: > 1) Put fonts into systemwide TTF font directory > 2) "service xfs reload" > 3) Restart any applications that you want the fonts to show up > in. If you had done this, it would have saved me hours of searching and hacking to get them working.
