Hi Gabor!
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Gabor Kiss wrote:
> Package: xfig
> Version: 1:3.2.5-alpha5-3
> Severity: important
> The attached XFig file contains a 144 pt size text in a red dotted bounding
> box. Text fits rectangle if using imperial units and zoom factor = 1.
>
> Bug1: Set zoom factor to 5 or higher gradually.
> Rectangle is growing well but text size remains limited.
I cannot reproduce this problem here. I think that this is a
configuration problem with your X11 fonts. I suggest installing
gsfonts-x11 (which you already installed) and using a font path like
this:
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
This first gives you unscaled pixel fonts. These may not be 100%
correct in size, but look best on small font sizes, because they are
optimized for several small font sizes.
Second I use the scalable fonts (TrueType and Type1 (=PS)), which
includes the gsfonts.
If no scalable font is available, as a last resort the X server tries
to find a pixel font and scale it to the needed size (which looks
quite ugly, but is better than nothing).
With such a font path, all PS fonts configurable in xfig should be
displayable in any size. It works at least for your example here.
> Bug2: Set zoom to 1 and units to metric. Text becames larger than
> the bounding box.
I have to admit, that this is true but the text is only a little bit
larger than the bounding box. This is a problem of incompatibilities
between X11 fonts and printer fonts. Usually the bounding box should
be correct in size (for printing) while the X11 font only gives a hint
how the font will look like on printing.
Tschoeeee
Roland
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