Re: ugly fonts in X apps (xclock & xbuffy)
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 11:42:34 -0400
nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
>
> suddenly, my fonts in X are all weird. gtk stuff is still fine, but
> xbuffy and xclock have been beaten with an ugly stick. i posted once
> on this about 10 months ago[1], and didn't receive an answer ... but i
> fixed it, and don't remember how i did it (this time i'll be sure to
> write it down!) a screenshot i took around that time (it looks the
> same now) is here: http://www.maenad.net/geek/xbuffy-ugly.jpg
>
> searching list archives also turned up martin having the same
> problem[2]. following that thread through didn't turn up much,
> either.
>
> i have FontPaths in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>
> FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font
> server FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
This may or may not be your problem, but take a look at this thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200305/msg00207.html
To check, move your call for Type 1 fonts to the end of the list and
see what happens.
Hope that's it,
-c
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