Re: font problem with xfig (solution)
On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 22:23 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 12:23 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am running etch, and I use xfig to create figures. When I call xfig
> > from a command line I get the following error messages:
> >
> > marcelo@yggdrasill:~$ xfig
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Cannot convert string
> > "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*--16-*" to type FontSet
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Cannot convert string
> > "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Cannot convert string
> > "-*-times-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> >
> > and when I try to rescale text in a xfig figure, I get the following
> > messages for example:
> >
> > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--13-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
> > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
> > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--22-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13
> >
> > I have installed the xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi packages, but it
> > seems that I have forgot something else. Any help will be very welcome.
>
> Hi,
>
> just for the records, the problem was I didn't have the gsfonts-x11
> package installed. After installing it, fonts can be rescaled in xfig.
> Thanks to Roland Rosenfeld, the Debian maintainer of xfig, who pointed
> me to this solution.
>
In an off-list email, Douglas A. Tutty pointed me to the same solution.
But at that time it didn't work because I didn't realize I had to
restart the xserver before using the gs fonts...
cheers
Marcelo
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Marcelo Chiapparini
chiappa@oi.com.br
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