Aaron Stromas wrote: > > hi, > > in an attempt to use the true type fonts i installed the xfstt, copied > the fonts from a windows machine and added "FontPath "unix/:7101" to > my XF86Config. unfortunately, my X server will not start. it quits > with "could not open default font 'fixed'". > > i have also tried this: 1) commented out the unix:7101 font path, 2) > started x, 3) started xfstt (xfstt &), 4) added font path (xset fp+ > unix/:7101), and 5) ran xfontsel -pattern > "-*-*-*-*-tt-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" which produced "no match". it appears, > i'm not getting the true type fonts. > > any explanations of what is wrong and how to correct the problem would > be much appreciated. > > also, the windows font directory contain a bunch of *.fon which 'file' > says is ms-dos executable. what is it? it has 8514fix.fon, so maybe it > has something to do with the fixed font. quite a few font names are > capitalised, does it matter? > > please, cc me, as for a variety of reasons, i'm not currently on the > list. tia, > > -a > > -- > Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg...." > Oracle Corp. | BRTN commentator, > +1 703 708 6821 | L'Alpe d'Huez, 1995 Tour de > France >
Adding FontPath "unix/:7101" as the last line in XF86Config and running xfstt --sync worked for me. I only copied the *.ttf fonts. I don't think xfstt can use the *.fon ones. I, also, rebooted my machine to get rid of the error msg, however, I'm not sure that's necessary. regards, Mary
