Re: GTK Fonts

[David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au>]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Charles Baker wrote:

> I did an `apt-get update` and `apt-get upgrade`
> the other night and ever since the fonts on any of my
> gtk apps ( everybuddy, gftp, gnumeric, etc. ) have
> been showing as little blocks. I've been doing a
> little searching on debian-users but can't really find
> an answer. I've tried rearranging the font lines in
> XF86Config which helped Netscape but did nothing for
> GTK apps. BTW, I'm using a machine that started out as
> potato and has been upgraded to woody.
> 

I think this has been discussed in the archives - but I gather it can be
fixed by checking

/usr/doc/libgnomeprint-data/run-gnome-font-install contains a line to
where ghostscript fonts are located on your box.

or maybe this was a different problem... I can't remember :(

cheers

dc

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David Purton

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