Re: true type fonts and xfstt (again)
Hmm. My next thought -- and I must apologize for asking -- have you actually
installed ttf files into /usr/share/fonts/truetype? And, are they named
*ttf? I got many of mine from a DOS machine, and it had many TTF files that
I renamed to ttf. (my machine has a nifty rename script, written by larry
wall in perl, and expanded upon by others, that does the renaming job very
nicely... :)
BTW, the *.fon files are not true-type. They are windows bitmap fonts. If
you have any of these in your /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory, it might
not hurt to delete them. I would hope such a silly thing wouldn't prevent
xfstt from working, but one never knows.
hth :)
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 06:39:38AM -0400, Aaron Stromas wrote:
> seth,
>
> i've read and followed the faq before i asked for advice. the xfontsel -pattern
> found no matches. xcoral is not on my system - what is it?
>
> -a
>
> Seth R Arnold wrote:
>
> > Aaron, there is a bit more involved than just adding it to the config files.
> > here is the relevant section snipped from /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz:
> >
> > 1.1 How do I test it?
> > mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype and put some *ttf fonts there, now run
> >
> > make xfstt && make install
> > xfstt --sync
> > xfstt &
> > xset fp+ unix/:7101
> > xlsfonts
> > xcoral -fn "TTM20_Times New Roman"
> > xfontsel -pattern "-*-*-*-*-*-tt-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> > xset -fp unix/:7101
> >
> > If your X server cannot handle the unix protocol replace the
> > unix/:7101 part by inet/127.0.0.1:7101 (assuming the machine
> > running xfstt has 127.0.0.1 as internet address).
> >
> > 1.2 How do I use it?
> > Add unix/:7101 to the fontpath in your X11 configuration file.
> > Start xfstt a few seconds before starting X11.
> >
> > Once you do these things, it will probably work nicer. :)
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 08:54:19AM -0400, Aaron Stromas wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > in an attempt to use the true type fonts i installed the xfstt, copied
> > > the fonts from a windows machine and added "FontPath "unix/:7101" to my
> > > XF86Config. unfortunately, my X server will not start. it quits with
> > > "could not open default font 'fixed'".
> > >
> > > i have also tried this: 1) commented out the unix:7101 font path, 2)
> > > started x, 3) started xfstt (xfstt &), 4) added font path (xset fp+
> > > unix/:7101), and 5) ran xfontsel -pattern "-*-*-*-*-tt-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> > > which produced "no match". it appears, i'm not getting the true type
> > > fonts.
> > >
> > > any explanations of what is wrong and how to correct the problem would
> > > be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > also, the windows font directory contain a bunch of *.fon which 'file'
> > > says is ms-dos executable. what is it? it has 8514fix.fon, so maybe it
> > > has something to do with the fixed font. quite a few font names are
> > > capitalised, does it matter?
> > >
> > > please, cc me, as for a variety of reasons, i'm not currently on the
> > > list. tia,
> > >
> > > -a
> > >
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