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RE: fonts




> From: Rob Weir [mailto:rweir@ertius.org]
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, H. S. said
> > Is someone familiar with font setup in X here, or shall I
> try somewhere
> > else?
> >
> > I am in the process of cleaning up my fonts installation (in Debian
> > Sarge). Could someone suggest how do I actually check which
> fonts are
> > *not* installed properly?
>
> You mean which fonts are on disk, but X/fontconfig is unaware of them?
> There's no easy way, AFAIK.  Make sure X/fontconfig knows about these
> dirs, however:
>
> /usr/share/truetype/
> /usr/lib/X11/fonts/
> /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/
>
> remember, X does not recurse to find fonts, so you'll need to
> explicitly
> list any and all subdirs you care about.
>
Does this have something to do with the error I get when I open AbiWord?
I checked the FAQ section in AbiWord help, but I can't figure it out.



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