Re: gimp / bitstream Vera Sans Bold
Hello
Robinson, Peter (<peter.robinson@charite.de>) wrote:
> Andreas Janssen (<andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>) wrote:
>> Peter.Robinson@t-online.de (<Peter.Robinson@t-online.de>) wrote:
>
>>> I have a testing distribution of Debian on a Dell precision 340 and
>>> have not been able to get gimp or mozilla to run. Mozilla crashes
>>> with a warning about a memory access error, and gimp exits with a
>>> warning that it cannot open the font file for Vera sans.
>>
>> I don't know if this will solve all your problems, but here is a
>> quick explanation on how to install the missing bitstream fonts:
>>
>> 1. apt-get install ttf-bitstream-vera x-ttcidfont-conf
>> 2. Add the following line to the "Files" section of your
>> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
>> (If you use xfs, you can also configure xfs accordingly)
>> 3. (optional) dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
>> If asked for the bitmap fonts, choose "No". This will make fontconfig
>> select the bitstream fonts as default for serif, sans-serif and
>> monospace aliases.
>>
>> You should also be able to tell gimp to use another font, probably by
>> changing your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 or ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine, either manually or
>> by running "switch2" from the gtk-theme-switch package.
>
> thanks for the suggestions. I already had the first two packages
> installed. I added the FontPath to XF86Config-4, but this had no
> effect. So, the fonts should be installed and ready to go. Any other
> ideas?
Did you restart X after adding the font path? If you run xfontsel, can
you choose the bitstream font?
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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