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the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf and usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/type1
directories are missing from /etc/X11/XftConfig
(add it and everything will be fine). AA fonts are handled to the new Xft extension,
so your xfs settings have no effect here.
this happens when some people fail to read their mail better (sorry, but X maintainers
have not really shown much indication that they
read cooker). I posted this a few weeks ago. I thought it was fixed, but I didn't
check (silly me). Fonts are still a bit lousy (bad freetyp2 version)
in the beta and there is probably not enough time to get it fixed.
If you can fix it Frederic, please also consider this to get some well-known symbol
fonts working:
match
any family == "symbol"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
match
any family == "Standard Symbols L"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
match
any family == "dingbats"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
match
any family == "Cursor"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
match
any family == "StarBats"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
match
any family == "StarMath"
edit
antialias = false;
encoding += "glyphs-fontspecific";
the antialias=false is not strictly neccesary, but the encoding change makes symbol
fonts work
(who is this Laurent Culioli who did it for webdings/windings??...he stole this
work-around from my howto:-P)
also, this was removed in the past IIRC, I hope there was a good reason?:
match
any size > 8
any size < 15
all weight < bold
all slant == roman
edit
antialias = false;
(it disables AA for sizes between 8 and 15 exepting bold and italics)
Also a commented entry for subpixelhinting would be usefull for LCD screen owners.
I can send my XftConfig if you like me to?
Danny
On Friday 08 March 2002 17:54, you wrote:
> [narfi@dhcp-104-6 Mail]$ rpm -q XFree86 XFree86-xfs kdebase drakxtools
> XFree86-4.2.0-8mdk
> XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-8mdk
> kdebase-2.2.2-86mdk
> drakxtools-1.1.7-91mdk
>
> I installed 8.2 beta4, with English as a primary language and Japanese,
> Icelandic and German as secondary languages.
> I've upgraded everything to cooker. I'm in runlevel 5 with en_US as my
> locale, working in KDE.
>
> Critial point in setup: I'm using anti-aliasing in KDE
>
> Summary: I start with a clean drakfont/ttf and drakfont/Type1 directory.
> Then I choose to import a single ttf font, verdana.ttf, using drakfont. It
> does not show up in the KDE font selection dialog. Additionally, I tried to
> run ttmkfdir and mkfdir in drakfont/ttf and restart xfs, but I still can't
> see Verdana in the KDE font selection dialog.
>
> Summary of fix: If I copy verdana.ttf to /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western/, run
> ttmkfdir, mkfdir and xftcache there and restart xfs, I can then select
> Verdana in the KDE font selection dialog.
>
> My guess: For some reason, KDE does not look for fonts the directory
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf.
>
> Please ask if you have more questions.
>
> Narfi.
>
> Detailed list of commands:
> # First import using drakfont.
> # Then the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf/fonts.dir file is empty
> (!). # Recreate everything in drakfont/ttf:
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf/
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# mkfontdir
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# xftcache ./
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# service xfs restart
> Restarting X Font Server. [ OK ]
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# chkfontpath
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
> 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> 8: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives
> 9: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western
> 10: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/japanese
> 11: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf
> 12: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/Type1
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]#
> # Verdana cannot be selected in K
> Menu->Configuration->KDE->LookNFeel->Fonts # Copy to
> /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western and set font up there:
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# cp verdana.ttf /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western/
> [root@dhcp-104-6 ttf]# cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
> unknown font foundry code SFT
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# mkfontdir
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# xftcache ./
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# service xfs restart
> Restarting X Font Server. [ OK ]
> [root@dhcp-104-6 western]# chkfontpath
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
> 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> 8: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives
> 9: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western
> 10: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/japanese
> 11: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf
> 12: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/Type1
> # Now I can select Verdana in K Menu->Configuration->KDE->LookNFeel->Fonts
>
> It should be noted that after I've imported verdana.ttf using drakfont, it
> becomes immediately available in drakfont and openoffice. It also becomes
> available in KDE without anti-aliasing. But it is not available in KDE with
> AA.
>
> I chose to use verdana.ttf for the purposes of this example, but the same
> thing applies to all the windows fonts I've looked at.
>
> This is reproducible, meaning that once I remove verdana.ttf from
> /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western, I cannot select it in KDE. It still exists in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf though!
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