On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:02:37 +0100 Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200 > Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Running Sarge. I'd like to use fonts like Helvetica and Lucida Sans > > Typewriter as menu fonts, editor fonts and the like. > > > > However, I can only do so in gtk1 applications, such as the version > > of Sylpheed that comes with Sarge. > > > > They do not show up in gtk2 and qt applications (except for > > OpenOffice and Opera who appear to have a set of fonts of their > > own), nor can I configure them in the Gnome font settings (e.g. by > > running /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties). > > > > Yet, they do exist: in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi and > > .../75dpi. Is there a way to make them globally available? > > Yes. Bitmap fonts are disabled by fontconfig (the library used by GTK2 > and QT) by default. To change this, run 'dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig' > as root, and answer 'yes' to the question regarding bitmap fonts. That worked. Great! Thanks a lot! S.H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
