"Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote:
>
> Erik Steffl wrote:
> >
> > "Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote:
> > >
> > > Erik Steffl wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:01:39PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> Section "Files"
> > > > > > > >> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "unix/:7101"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
> > > > > > > >> 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/misc/"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> > > > > > > >> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> > > > > > > >> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> > > > > > > >> EndSection
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Stewart> Ok. I can leave the unix/:7101 uncommented and it
> > > > > > > starts x
> > > > > > > Stewart> just fine. The truetype path is what is causing the
> > > > > > > "can't
> > > > > > > Stewart> find default font 'fixed'" error.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Of course. The X server itself doesn't know iota about True Type.
> > > > > > > Only xfstt understands them. So X gets some kind of error when
> > > > > > > processing the truetype line (which shouldn't be there), and never
> > > > > > > reads the rest of the paths, including the misc one (which is
> > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > fixed resides).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not true. XF4 understands truetype just fine. XF3.x does not, so
> > > > > > your
> > > > > > comments do apply for XF3.x ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FWIW, XF4 and xfstt don't seem to get along very well.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I don't understand. XF4 includes support for True Type Fonts, but
> > > > > this support is based in xfs-xtt, or is native to the X server. I'm in
> > > > > doubt because I got xfs-xtt running in an X4.0.2 system.
> > > >
> > > > it's native, you do not need any of *tt* font servers.
> > > >
> > > > erik
> > >
> > > I had xfs-xtt installed from potato, and it remained when I upgraded to
> > > woody (XF4.02). Should I deinstall it? Why isn't it removed
> > > automatically? Thanks for the answer.
> >
> > I guess you can remove it, I did remove true type font server (forgot
> > which one I had) and I have the true type fonts.
> >
> > not ure why it wasn't removed automatically, I guess it does not
> > really conflict with anything, it is just obsolete, maybe it still has
> > some features that are not matched by true type font support in X 4.x
> >
> > erik
>
> Thanks. BUt now I have more questions. (maybe you would like to point me
> to some documentation so I don't overflow the server, hehe). If I don't
> need any special tt server, how can I make X to recognize my tt fonts,
> something ala mkttfdir and then changing FontPath?
not sure where it's documented, probably in X docs. you basically need
to do what you wrote - put the *.ttf files into some directory and add
that directory to FontPath (in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, search for
FontPath, add a line for truetype fonts), also run mkttfdir or ttmkfdir
(one is in debian, the other one might be better, as some poster
suggested recently) and that's it.
erik
