Seth R Arnold wrote: > Hmm. My next thought -- and I must apologize for asking -- have you actually > installed ttf files into /usr/share/fonts/truetype? And, are they named > *ttf? I got many of mine from a DOS machine, and it had many TTF files that > I renamed to ttf. (my machine has a nifty rename script, written by larry > wall in perl, and expanded upon by others, that does the renaming job very > nicely... :)
aha! i was wondering if i should rename them but i didn't. i don't have the script but it should be just a couple of perl lines to this one thing. i followed the faq in /usr/doc/xfstt plus there is a font deuglification minihowto. so i'm fairly sure i didn't miss any necessary steps. > > > BTW, the *.fon files are not true-type. They are windows bitmap fonts. If > you have any of these in your /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory, it might > not hurt to delete them. I would hope such a silly thing wouldn't prevent > xfstt from working, but one never knows. that's what they are! at first, i removed them, then when i got errors i put them back. > > > hth :) so do i. thanks. -a > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 06:39:38AM -0400, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > seth, > > > > i've read and followed the faq before i asked for advice. the xfontsel > > -pattern > > found no matches. xcoral is not on my system - what is it? > > > > -a > > > > Seth R Arnold wrote: > > > > > Aaron, there is a bit more involved than just adding it to the config > > > files. > > > here is the relevant section snipped from /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz: > > > > > > 1.1 How do I test it? > > > mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype and put some *ttf fonts there, > > > now run > > > > > > make xfstt && make install > > > xfstt --sync > > > xfstt & > > > xset fp+ unix/:7101 > > > xlsfonts > > > xcoral -fn "TTM20_Times New Roman" > > > xfontsel -pattern "-*-*-*-*-*-tt-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" > > > xset -fp unix/:7101 > > > > > > If your X server cannot handle the unix protocol replace the > > > unix/:7101 part by inet/127.0.0.1:7101 (assuming the machine > > > running xfstt has 127.0.0.1 as internet address). > > > > > > 1.2 How do I use it? > > > Add unix/:7101 to the fontpath in your X11 configuration file. > > > Start xfstt a few seconds before starting X11. > > > > > > Once you do these things, it will probably work nicer. :) > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 08:54:19AM -0400, 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 > > > > > > > > > > Content-Description: Card for Aaron Stromas > > > > > > -- > > > Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ > > > Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help > > > Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into > > > your ~/.signature to help me spread! > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > Content-Description: Card for Aaron Stromas > > -- > Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ > Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help > Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into > your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- 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
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