Re: Unexpected loss of font (LucidaTypewriter) in Gnome under Lenny
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 02:42:57PM EST, Diab Jerius wrote:
>> For some time I've been using LucidaTypewriter in gnome-terminal. I
>> recently replaced my video card and something that I did (dpkg-
>> reconfigure on xserver-xorg or something else) caused GNOME apps to no
>> longer see the Lucida Typewriter font. For example, gnome-terminal no
>> longer lists the font as being available, and it renders text using
>> another font although its setting is for LucidaTypewriter.
>
> Maybe a fontconfig issue?
>
> What does "fc-cache | grep Lucida" return?
It does seem to have been a fontconfig issue. Thanks for the tip on
listing of fonts. I dpkg-reconfigured it (prior to receiving your
message) and the font reappeared. I'm guessing (from my reading of the
man page) that running fc-cache -f should have been equivalent.
Thanks,
Diab
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