-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It has been a while since I asked about this but I wanted to pass this along in case it helps or enlightens anyone.
I finally got the font (flubber) to work. It is a hack, and I still don't understand why some of the fonts won't work the way Mandrake installs them, but I don't have the time nor the patience to make a major study of this. I expect this to work with many of the other 'broken fonts' that are found in /usr/share/fonts/ . Here is how I made the font work. (I basically just installed it into a 'more standard ?' location) 1) Copy the font into a new location: # cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF # cp /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/flubber.ttf . 2) Create a line in fonts.scale for the font, using an editor. # vi fonts.scale My line looks like this (not totally correct but close enough): flubber.ttf -b&h-Flubber-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1 The fonts.scale file is set read-only so you will have to chmod the file or override the status (ie: w! in vi) 3) Issued the following commands to update and restart the font server. # mkfontdir # xset fp rehash # service xfs restart This has worked on both of the boxes I have tried this on. (Both Mdk 9.1) I should probably remove the old entry/location but at least this is workable. I stumbled upon this while I was installing a new font. Like I said, it is a hack but it works for me and I hope this will help someone else to live with the problem or perhaps find a better solution. I am not going to install/upgrade all of the necessary pieces to build the latest version of Gimp, just to fix a 'broken font' problem, but I do appreciate that advice also. I don't understand why we have fonts in two different places in the filesystem(s)... YMMV, KevinO Jack Coates wrote: > I ran into this several years ago, and there was an FAQ on the gimp.org > site about it. Have you read and tried anything from the gimp.org FAQ? > Yes > On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 02:55, KevinO wrote: > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Stephlub wrote: >> >>>I encountered this problem, I didn't solve it. >>>suspect to be the font import module of Gimp which isn't able to pick some >>>sorts of TTF. >>>while it was not important for me, I made with Ooo the gifs I used with Gimp >>> >> >>Bummer. I asked a friend of mine to check his 9.1 box and he has the same >>thing. I wonder if these fonts (flubber, for instance) work for anyone under >>9.1... >> >>Toggling anti-aliasing or dynamic fonts makes no difference. >> >>Is this a change that was made to the gimp code or am I experiencing another >>'distribution tweak?'. >> >> >> >>> >>>>We have two Mandrake 9.1 boxes here and they both appear to have the same >>>>problem. A lot of the fonts (flubber, for instance) appear in the list of >>>>fonts for gimp but when you try to select them you get a message "font is >>> >>>not >>> >>> >>>>available". >>>> >>>>The fonts in question are installed on both machines. The fonts can be >>> >>>used in >>> >>> >>>>open-office-writer and kwrite, on either machine. >>>> >>>>The paths to the fonts are listed in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config. >>>> >>>>xlsfonts lists the fonts in question. >>>> >>>>I am starting to suspect some kind of a 'disconnect' between xfs and gimp. >>> >>>If >>> >>> >>>>I sit at one of our other boxes and open an ssh session to either of the >>> >>>9.1 >>> >>> >>>>boxes, the fonts work fine. >>>> >>>>Any ideas? >>>> >>>>TIA >> >>- -- >>KevinO - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/CTdxWOfRC7Rnmv8RArvgAJ4wKk3MeAHE1u+bAc9cqJPsEHlQ6QCdEESK BM7/NuLaLMoXikQZWhfYvnY= =A9u3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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