On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 03:53:59PM +0000, Ross Burton wrote: > On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 13:51, christophe barbé wrote: > > > > I try to use TrueType fonts in Abiword but fail miserably. > > I installed the microsoft fonts and configured X to use it (without any > > font server) and it seems to be OK. > > > > AbiWord need also to see the font's files in its directory > > /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts > > > > According to a FAQ in the AW web site > > http://www.abiword.org/faquser.phtml#2.7 > > > > I only need to symlink all files from > > /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ > > in an empty /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/ > > > > But It doesn't work. When I launch abiword I get a dialog box explaining > > that : > > " > > The font metrics file [/usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts//Times_New_Roman.afm] could > > not be opened for parsing, nor was it possible to retrieve the needed > > information from the X server: this is a fatal error and Abiword will > > terminate. > > You symlinked more than just TrueType fonts, as a .afm file is a Adobe > Type 1 font, not TrueType... No. I symlinked all files in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ . ie. ttf files and fonts.dir fonts.scale. Christophe > > Ross > -- > Ross Burton mail: ross.burton@mail.com > jabber: rossburton@jabber.org > PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.
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