Re: Font problem with Gnumeric etc.
This is a gtk widget setup problem. I had it myself.
You need to set up a .gtkrc file with a default font specifier for class
GtkWidget. I'd give you a copy of mine, but I don't have my laptop here
at the moment.
-Mark
Mikko Hänninen wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with some fonts displaying the text as squares instead
> of the letters. I noticed the problem initially with Gnumeric, but it
> also appears with xmms playlist display. So I don't think it's a
> Gnumeric problem, rather than a problem with fonts in X, or how Gnome
> is handling the fonts. This problem appeared about a month ago when I
> updated some X and X fonts packages using apt-get (I forget the time and
> packages exactly, unfortunately).
>
> I am running Debian unstable. XFree86 3.3.6. I don't usually run
> Gnome, just some Gnome applications from time to time.
>
> I have made a screen capture of the problem, it's at
> http://www.wizzu.com/scratch/gnumeric-window.gif
>
> I found a similar problem report on debian-user from Dominique Dumont
> <domi@ispserv.grenoble.hp.com> at Sep 4th. (Archived at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200109/msg00310.html )
> But the fix that worked for him (re-arranging the font configuration
> lines in the XF86Config file) does not work for me. Also, I can't get
> the fonts show correctly in Gnumeric regardless of the magnification.
> But it is similar in the for every 2 typed characters I get 1 square.
>
> My X configuration for fonts looks like this:
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "unix/:7101"
>
> I am not subscribed to debian-user, so please Cc all replies to me as
> well.
>
> I'm at a loss what to do to get fonts showing properly again in
> Gnumeric, so I'm thankful for any help, ideas or suggestions.
>
> Mikko
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