Re: In search of Helvetica
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:02:37 +0100
Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200
> Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> 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.
That worked. Great! Thanks a lot!
S.H.
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