Re: In search of Helvetica
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200
Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running Sarge. I'd like to use fonts like Helvetica and Lucida Sans
> Typewriter as menu fonts, editor fonts and the like.
>
> However, I can only do so in gtk1 applications, such as the version of
> Sylpheed that comes with Sarge.
>
> They do not show up in gtk2 and qt applications (except for OpenOffice
> and Opera who appear to have a set of fonts of their own), nor can I
> configure them in the Gnome font settings (e.g. by running
> /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties).
>
> Yet, they do exist: in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi and .../75dpi.
> Is there a way to make them globally available?
>
> S.H.
>
>
Yes. Bitmap fonts are disabled by fontconfig (the library used by GTK2
and QT) by default. To change this, run 'dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig' as
root, and answer 'yes' to the question regarding bitmap fonts.
--
Liam
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