Chris Caldwell sent the following message Today: CC> I'm noticing on two systems upgraded from Woody to Sid that CC> GTK1.2 applications no longer display correct fonts. I've tried CC> setting the font manually in: CC> CC> ~/.gtkrc CC> ~/.gtkrc.mine CC> ~/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 CC> /usr/share/themes/<theme>/gtk/gtkrc CC> CC> Any/all of these worked under Gnome1.4 - but now I get a very CC> large sans serif font under Gnome2. Setting the font using the CC> Gnome2 Font Preferences works for GTK2 applications only. I've CC> done extensive searching with Google but cannot find a posted bug CC> regarding this or a resolution to similar problems posted by CC> others. CC> CC> Any ideas?
Well, for what it is worth, I found the problem. Seems GTK1.2 is very picky about locales. Changing from en_US.UTF8 to en_US.ISO8859-1 or C and GTK1.2 picks up the correct font. This should probably be filed as a bug, since the font I am using does support the UTF8 charset. -- Chris Caldwell Information Systems Coordinator, Enterprise Systems Information Systems and Services, The George Washington University caldwell @ gwu . edu | +1 202.994.4674 (w) | +1 202.409.0878 (c) http://asclepius.tops.gwu.edu | GPG key ID: 0xE52D0BE8 "Formal education can rarely improve the character of a scoundrel." - Derek Bok, Harvard University
