On 2021-12-01 20:23:07 +0000, Adam Sampson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 02:34:44AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I'm also wondering how Xft fonts can be used. Syntax like > > xft:Bitstream:size=9 (as used by fvwm) doesn't work. > > I've just made some changes to the xpdf man page to document this > better (and I've also made the -font argument map to the font resource, > rather than fontList, since the latter doesn't always override the > default styling in Motif). > > The documentation for -font now reads: > > -font font > > Override the fonts used for the user interface. This uses a single X > core font for all user interface elements, which is not ideal; see the > USER INTERFACE FONTS section below for better approaches. (-fn is > equivalent.) [X resource: xpdf*font] > > And there's a new section: > > USER INTERFACE FONTS > > In order to support international text in user interface elements, xpdf > uses the support for UTF-8 and Xft fonts that was introduced in > OpenMotif 2.3. > > The user interface makes use of four fonts which are specified using > Motif Render Tables: default for most text, mono for text in a > monospaced font, and helpHuge and helpBig for headings in the About > dialog. The fonts used can be customised using X resources. By default, > they are configured as follows: > > Xpdf*renderTable.default.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT > Xpdf*renderTable.default.fontName: Sans-Serif > Xpdf*renderTable.default.fontSize: 12 > Xpdf*renderTable.default.fontEncoding: iso10646-1 > Xpdf*renderTable.helpHuge.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT > Xpdf*renderTable.helpHuge.fontName: Serif > Xpdf*renderTable.helpHuge.fontStyle: bold > Xpdf*renderTable.helpHuge.fontSize: 20 > Xpdf*renderTable.helpHuge.fontEncoding: iso10646-1 > Xpdf*renderTable.helpBig.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT > Xpdf*renderTable.helpBig.fontName: Serif > Xpdf*renderTable.helpBig.fontSize: 16 > Xpdf*renderTable.helpBig.fontEncoding: iso10646-1 > Xpdf*renderTable.mono.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT > Xpdf*renderTable.mono.fontName: Monospace > Xpdf*renderTable.mono.fontSize: 12 > Xpdf*renderTable.mono.fontEncoding: iso10646-1 > > If you prefer to use X core fonts, as in earlier versions of xpdf, you > can specify these using conventional resources, provided that you use > fonts with the "iso10646-1" Unicode charset: > > Xpdf*font: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 > Xpdf*XmTextField.font: -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
This seems fine and would actually solve bug 996831. Related to the font settings, the zoom menu still does not use Xft fonts (bug 996830). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
