On Thursday 13 March 2003 14:32, Hall Stevenson wrote: > At 01:54 PM 3/13/2003 +0000, dave selby wrote: > >Im having a great time with fonts at present !! My aim is to reduce the > >number of default font directories so when using gimp I am not swamped > > with fonts. > > > >Can someone clarify a point with me ... > > > >when X boots it reads the font path from /etc/X11/XF86-config, in my case > > > > > >Section "Files" > > FontPath "unix/:7101" # true type > > server FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font > > server > > I always comment out those lines (though my setup only has the 7100 entry. > > > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on > > these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > > I re-order those along with removing the Type1, Speedo, and cyrillic > entries. I add my truetype dir and put it first in the list, followed my > 75dpi, then 100dpi, and finally misc. I no longer have entries for the > > :unscaled fonts (could be my version of X and the current debconf settings. > : > ># paths to search for fonts > >catalogue = > >/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/1 > >00dpi/:unscaled, > > /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, > >/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dp > >i/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefonts/ > > > >so am I right in thinking that server unix:/7100 will find the fonts > > anyway regardless of what I do with xset -fp ? This seems to be what is > > happening. > > Yes, it will. If it doesn't find any, it falls back to the directories > listed above. > > >So is there any tempory way of removing font directories short of removing > >them in XF86config-4 AND /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config for xfs ? > > For a long time, that's what I seemingly HAD to do to get it to work the > way *I* wanted it to. That method still works for me though it may no > longer be necessary. > > Regards > Hall
Thanks for the confirmation, I thought I was out on a lim, You say you dont use unix/:7101 as a server for true type yet truetype works, without the server ? I must give this a go .... the less servers the better. Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
