Re: using pcf fonts (like shine) in gtk
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:46:59 -0500, Rohan Deshpande <rdzx@home.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was sent a font 'shine' and it is in pcf format. I got it to work in
> terminals, but how do I use it in gtk apps? How can I also change the
> size of it too?
Unless I'm mistaken, X can (and does) use pcf fonts directly. For instance,
look at the files in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/. My guess is you need to
create the appropriate fonts.dir and fonts.alias files, and add the path
to the font for the X server (xset +fp /foo/bar/baz).
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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