Re: Issues with PCF and BDF Fonts after regular lenny updates
>
> It should not be necessary to refer to ~/.fonts explicitly in
> ~/.fonts.conf. This directory is included in the font path by default.
> (You can check this with "xset q"; /home/$USER/.fonts should be listed
> at the end of the font path.)
>
Ok, there's the first problem. When I do xset q /home/$USER/.fonts is
not listed:
Font Path:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/usr/share/fonts/artwiz,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
> All that you should have to do is copy the fonts to ~/.fonts and run
> "mkfontdir ~/.fonts". I do not know where to find the Dina font, but I
> tested this with the snap font that you mentioned in your earlier mail:
>
> $ fc-match snap
> snap.pcf.gz: "snap" "Regular"
>
The above did not work initially, so I reinstalled using aptitude
'fontconfig' and 'fontconfig-config', now the above works.
> If this does not work then you have to check if bitmap fonts are enabled
> on your system. Run "dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config" and make sure
> that you answer "Yes" to the third question. You need to restart X to
> see the effect of changes in the fontconfig settings.
>
I tried this but no luck with the Dina font.
$ fc-match Dina
Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
$ ls -al ~/.fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 38603 Jul 13 19:28 Dina_i400-10.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 36296 Jul 13 19:28 Dina_i400-8.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 37832 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_i400-9.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 38599 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_i700-10.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 36292 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_i700-8.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 37828 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_i700-9.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 38603 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r400-10.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 36296 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r400-8.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 37832 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r400-9.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 38599 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r700-10.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 36292 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r700-8.bdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 amitu amitu 37828 Jul 13 19:29 Dina_r700-9.bdf
Again, I guess I'm not sure why xset q doesn't list my fonts dir.
> Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
> Florian |
>
>
Thank you for helping.
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