Re: In search of Helvetica
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:33 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> On 10/16/06 12:02, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hmmm, that's interesting. No questions.
>
> # apt-cache policy fontconfig
> fontconfig:
> Installed: 2.4.1-2
> Candidate: 2.4.1-2
> Version table:
> *** 2.4.1-2 0
> 500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure -plow fontconfig
> Cleaning up font configuration of fontconfig...
> Cleaning up category cid..
> Cleaning up category truetype..
> Cleaning up category type1..
> Updating font configuration of fontconfig...
> Cleaning up category cid..
> Cleaning up category truetype..
> Cleaning up category type1..
> Updating category type1..
> Updating category truetype..
> Updating category cid..
> Regenerating fonts cache... done.
>
>
In testing/unstable, part of the old fontconfig package has been moved
(confusingly) to fontconfig-config. Run dpkg-reconfigure on that
instead.
[...]
--
Liam
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