Re: Font problem after updating to XFree86 4.3.0
Terry Milnes <neofax@hotmail.com> writes:
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> I can no longer use XFree86 as the fonts are rendered as long non
> readable fonts.
Where are you getting your X from? No release of Debian has XFree86
4.3.0, not even unstable or experimental; you might have installed it
in a way that makes it unhappy. Certainly, check your font path in
XF86Config or your font server configuration, if you're using a font
server.
> I have tried to just use TrueType fonts but X complains about font
> fixed. This font is located in the misc fon directory.
It's canonically a bitmapped font (the same as 6x13) that gets
installed as 6x13.pcf.gz in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ on Debian.
So you need to make sure that directory is listed in the font path.
> Is there anyway to get XFT2 to alias fixed as Courier New?
Completely unrelated subsystem. Well, not completely, but when X
looks for a font it uses its own lookup system, not XFT. (It can use
XFT to render TrueType fonts if it happens to pick one.) On the
Debian X install, 'fixed' gets defined as an alias in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias. But once again, this would
probably all work if that directory were in your font path. :-)
> If not, how do I get X readable again?
You should probably explain what you mean by "readable". Does all of
your text get rendered in Chinese? Or as open squares? Or maybe in
black labels on a black background, with a little black light that
comes on when you've done something?
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