Re: X Fonts are too big
Leonardo Dias wrote:
> I don't know if this has happened to y'all. Anyway...
>
> My XServer is running fine. I have a NVidia Riva TNT 2 video card, with
> a LG monitor. The only thing is that the fonts for some programs are too
> big. Gimp, for example, is working with a very big font. Netscape is
> also. The problem with the latter is that with such big fonts in the
> window, it occupies lots of space in the screen. It bothers me.
I'm not sure about the Gimp, but you can change the fonts that Netscape uses by
changing the resource values in your ~/.Xresources file. There should be a
Netscape.ad file on your system (probably /usr/local/netscape/Xetscape.ad) that will
show you what resources can be changed. For a start, mine are as follows. You'll
probably have to tweak the size to your liking.
Netscape*fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-110-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
Netscape*XmTextField.fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-110-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
Netscape*XmText.fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-110-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
Netscape*XmList*fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-110-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
>
>
> The other problem I'm having with X debs of potato (which seems to be
> 3.3.6) is that normal X Fonts (such as Utopia and Helvetica) are all
> strange and badly drawn. I'm running a True Type font server (xfstt) and
> True Type fonts are just fine.
>
No idea.
>
> What seems to be the problem? I looked for the documentation in
> xfree86.org and they are not mentioning anything wrong with fonts in
> such X Server. If anyone ever had this trouble, what am I doing of wrong
> here? I've installed all the fonts (100dpi, 75dpi, Speedo, Type1 and
> TrueType).
Try changing the order your fonts are listed in /etc/X11/XF86Config . Probably the
100 is listed before the 75. X will use the first suitable font it finds.
John
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