Hi Gabor! It's gone some time since my last mail, but I didn't get a response from your side to it...
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, I wrote:
> > >>Package: xfig
> > >>Version: 1:3.2.5-alpha5-3
> > >>Severity: important
> > >
> > >>The attached XFig file contains a 144 pt size text in a red
> > >>dotted bounding box. Text fits rectangle if using imperial units
> > >>and zoom factor = 1.
> > >>
> > >>Bug1: Set zoom factor to 5 or higher gradually.
> > >>Rectangle is growing well but text size remains limited.
> > >
> > >I cannot reproduce this problem here. I think that this is a
> > >configuration problem with your X11 fonts. I suggest installing
> > >gsfonts-x11 (which you already installed) and using a font path
> > >like this:
>
> > I've gsfonts-x11 installed.
> >
> > However I have very little experience with fonts so
> > font configuration is totally left to various install scripts.
> >
> > Here you can see it:
> >
> > /etc/X11/XF86Conf-4:
> > Section "Files"
> > FontPath "unix/:7110" # local font server
> > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on
> > # these
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> > EndSection
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config:
> > # paths to search for fonts
> > catalogue =
> > /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
> >
> > What could I add, modify, reconfigure or test?
>
> First I wonder, why you use a local font server in parallel to the X
> server accessing the font paths directly. I'd suggest to try to
> remove the font server from font path to avoid side effects with a
> font being available twice.
>
> After this I would try to replace the misc font patch by
> misc/:unscaled (to avoid having pixel fonts in misc which are scaled
> while the same font may be available as a vector font in Type1). As a
> fallback you can move misc without "/:unscaled" to the end of your
> font path. After this your XF86Config-4 would look like this:
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> EndSection
>
> Alternatively you can change the catalogue in your font server config
> accordingly:
>
> catalogue =
> /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
>
> Please tell me, whether this changes the effects.
So let's pick up this tread again.
Can you still reproduce the problem in your current version of Xfig?
Did it help to change the font paths as mentioned above?
I'd like to bring this issue to an end now...
Tschoeeee
Roland
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