Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-18 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Liam O'Toole wrote: > I used to use Helvetica as the application font, and quite liked it. > What caused me to change was that it kept popping up in web pages at > inappropriate sizes, looking --- as Rick puts it --- seriously ugly. I > never found a way to alias Helvetica to a Truetype font in the

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: Note that bitmap fonts are disabled for a reason. They will look *seriously ugly* at point sizes for which they do not have a crafted bitmap available. I use them as menu font, editor font and such, they look perfect, an

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:37:17 +0200 Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > > Note that bitmap fonts are disabled for a reason. They will look > > *seriously ugly* at point sizes for which they do not have a > > crafted bitmap available. > > I use them as menu font, ed

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Rick Thomas wrote: > Note that bitmap fonts are disabled for a reason. They will look > *seriously ugly* at point sizes for which they do not have a crafted > bitmap available. I use them as menu font, editor font and such, they look perfect, and they're definitely my favorite for this purpos

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:54:55 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/17/06 03:17, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:33 -0500 Ron Johnson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Has

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/06 03:17, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:33 -0500 Ron Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 10/16/06 12:02, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +020

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:33 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/16/06 12:02, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200 > > Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Running Sarge. I'd l

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-17 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/16/06 12:02, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200 > Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Running Sarge. I'd like to use fonts like Helvetica and Lucida Sans >> Typewriter as menu fonts, editor fonts and t

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-16 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:02:37 +0100 Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 'y

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-16 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
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. > > > > H

Re: In search of Helvetica

2006-10-16 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:59 +0200 Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 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