----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moseley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: Bad fonts after upgrade to X4.3
> I upgraded to X4.3 and now larger fonts are blocky. Look at the "Not > Found" at http://hank.org/images/blocky.png > > I've listed below my files section. I used dpkg-reconfigure to create a new > XF86Config-4 file from the 4.3 package (assuming that the configure > script would best know how to configure X). > > > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" > # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi" > # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi" > # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType" > EndSection > > > > I have to say I'm really sick of screwing with fonts. Can someone > explain why, in 2003, fonts are such a pain in the ass to get working? > And why and "end user" needs to mess with it at all? I think a lot of people feel this pain. And i agree it's unnecessary. Hopefully the debian desktop project will take care of these kinds of problems. Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
