On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:05:44PM -0700, Tom wrote: > I just did a clean reinstall of SID (I keep a local mirror and have it > scripted down to 30 minutes :-)). > > My /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/fonts.alias is > an empty file. > > Here's the the contents of that directory: > # ls /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ > fonts.alias fonts.scale VeraIt.ttf VeraMoIt.ttf VeraSe.ttf > fonts.cache-1 VeraBd.ttf VeraMoBd.ttf VeraMono.ttf Vera.ttf > fonts.dir VeraBI.ttf VeraMoBI.ttf VeraSeBd.ttf > > I had been running mkfontalias.py which created "480 aliases". > I noticed I set GTK1 font to Vera-8 and fonts looked "different" > (bigger) in gbuffy. > > Why is fonts.alias empty? IMHO they looked better before.
I figured out the mystery: mkfontalias.py CHEATS; defoma's empty fonts.alias is correct; however, mkfontalias.py is more DE-UGLIFIED. mkfontalias.py creates aliases of the form: "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--6-60-75-75-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--9-90-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--7-70-75-75-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--9-90-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--9-90-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--9-90-75-75-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--9-90-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-0-iso8859-1" "-bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--10-100-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1" [snip similar] I.E., it specifically lies about font sizes 6,7,8. The end result is without it, Bitstream Vera Sans-8 looks awkward and ungainly in GTK1 apps; with it, it's more eye-pleasing. I learned about mkfontalias.py months back from the various literature; such as http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/xfree4_tt.html; it seems to have disappeared off the web. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
