Hmmm... While I was considering editing the binary font file (helvB12.pcf.gz), I noticed a different font file in the same location:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/helvB12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz After some inspection, it would seem that many fonts default to iso10646, but also are available in a iso8859 versions. What is the "Debian way" to give preference to the iso8859 versions? I found that simply deleting the iso10646 version (helvB12.pcf.gz) and then doing a update-fonts-dir does work. BUT -- I think as soon as package xfonts-75dpi is upgraded, it will undo the fix... - Tor On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:37:32PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi to all, > > > >I have an old X client that requests this font: > > > > -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > ( /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/helvB12.pcf.gz ) > > > >Unfortunately, iso10646 encoding causes this client to show only boxes. > > > >I've found that I can fix it by manually editing > >/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.dir like so: > > > > < helvB12.pcf.gz > > -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-70-iso10646-1 > > --- > > > helvB12.pcf.gz > > -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-70-iso8859-1 > > > >... changing the encoding to iso8859 for the font in question. > > > >My problem is that 'update-fonts-dir' completely un-does my edit! There's > >probably a defoma tweak that I need to make, but I can't figure it out. Is > >there a global setting to always prefer iso8859 for all fonts when > >possible? > > > >Any help is be greatly appreciated! > > Change the name of the font in the font files. update-fonts-dir will > regenerate fonts.dir from that info. man update-fonts-dir > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s11.8.5 > > The kernel has language settings you can select for things like 8859 etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
