On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 22:23 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 12:23 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am running etch, and I use xfig to create figures. When I call xfig > > from a command line I get the following error messages: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xfig > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Cannot convert string > > "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*--16-*" > > to type FontSet > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Cannot convert string > > "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" > > to type FontSet > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Cannot convert string > > "-*-times-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" > > to type FontSet > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset > > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > > Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset > > > > and when I try to rescale text in a xfig figure, I get the following > > messages for example: > > > > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--13-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13 > > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13 > > Can't find -*-times-medium-r-normal--22-*-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*, using 6x13 > > > > I have installed the xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi packages, but it > > seems that I have forgot something else. Any help will be very welcome. > > Hi, > > just for the records, the problem was I didn't have the gsfonts-x11 > package installed. After installing it, fonts can be rescaled in xfig. > Thanks to Roland Rosenfeld, the Debian maintainer of xfig, who pointed > me to this solution. >
In an off-list email, Douglas A. Tutty pointed me to the same solution. But at that time it didn't work because I didn't realize I had to restart the xserver before using the gs fonts... cheers Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
