I followed your instruction to download the font, put in ~/.fonts and run the fc-cache -fv, and I can see "Bitstream Cyberbit:style=Roman" by using fc-list, then I changed the Default recipe，I changed all the Veranda to Cyberbit, but without lucky, I still could not see Chinese character in IconMan...
I will dig it later after the recent busy time, thank you. 2008/5/6 Dominique Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, I finally get it to work. The solution for me was to change the font. I > first try several font syntax but nothing was working. I try to use the same > font with the same syntax as the one used by urxvt in ~/.Xresources and it > was > not working in fvwm with japanese and chinese characters. > > Next, I try the Bitstream Cyberbit font, and it work. Don't ask me why, I > don't > know. See here if someone do have an answer in the future: > http://fvwm.lair.be/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2038&p=11524 > > You can download the Bitstream Cyberbit font here (Thanks to Netscape): > http://http.netscape.com.edgesuite.net/pub/communicator/extras/fonts/windows/ > > To install it, I put it in a directory into my X font dir > (/usr/X11R6/share/fonts on my system), ran 'fc-cache -fv' so it was > immediately > available, and add the new font dir into my xorg.conf. > > For a short story about this font : > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Cyberbit > It is a very nice and very complete sherif utf-8 font. > > In Crystal, I just changed the font definition into the recipe for the > windowlist and into the theme file (~/.fvwm-crystal/decorations/). > > I guess that it would be best in the future if we can have a preference > setting > for the font in use, at least for the windowlist and the windows titlebar. I > will add this into the TODO list. > > Cheers, > Dominique > > Le Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:27:37 +0000, > > > "Kemian Dang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > Hi, Dominique, > > > > Thank you for your information, but I still can not find the solution. > > I use the recipe/Default. > > > > The IconMan is OK, below is from the Default file, and it can show the > > Chinese character. > > > > *FvwmIconMan-Windows-Left: Font "xft:Verdana:pixelsize=12" > > Test (EnvIsSet FVWM_FLAG_UTF-8) *FvwmIconMan-Windows-Left: Font > > "xft:Verdana:pixelsize=12:encoding=iso10646-1" > > > > I find nearly all the Font is from component, decoration, recipes. But > > it seems they all use similar Font like "Verdana", "Sans", "Arial" and > > so on. Which I think would both affect the IconMan and Titlebar... But > > actually only the titlebar is wrong. > > > > Anyway, thank you, I will try to dig some more. > > > > Best wishes, > > Kemian > > > > On 09/03/2008, Dominique Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Le Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:12:46 +0000, > > > "Kemian Dang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I am new to fvwm-crystal, though I have used fvwm for a while, but I > > > > have used very simple configuration and a single .rc file. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Welcome on board! > > > > > > > > > > After I have installed the fvwm-crystal, I find there are so many > > > > config files and I do not know which one is for title's font. > > > > > > > > > > > I am using the Chinese font, in the original fvwm, I use configuration > > > > like this: > > > > -*-Chinese font-*-... , -*-English font-*- > > > > but now I do not know how to work this out. > > > > > > > > Further more, the display in bottom panel is right, I can see the > > > > Chinese works, but in title, they are some thing can not be seen... > > > > > > > > Could anyone tell me how can I find out these font, thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have the same problem with comix when it read files with Japanese > > > characters in their name. In fact, it is worst because not only the > title > > > bar is wrong, but the display in the bottom bar is also wrong. That in a > > > full UTF8 system and fr_CH.UTF-8 locales. > > > > > > I try to take a look but without success for now. > > > > > > Fonts are defined in components/functions/FvwmFormDefault, > > > components/functions/FvwmIdent, in several files in scripts/*, and in > > > several other files like in recipes/* and decorations/*. And also in > > > ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xressources. > > > > > > In order to find all those files, you can change into the fvwm > directory of > > > Crystal and run something like: > > > > > > find -type f -exec grep -H Font {} \; > > > > > > A typical font assignment in Fvwm-Crystal look like: > > > > > > MenuStyle * Font "xft:Verdana:pixelsize=12" > > > Test (EnvIsSet FVWM_FLAG_UTF-8) MenuStyle * Font > > > "xft:Verdana:pixelsize=12:encoding=iso10646-1" > > > > > > The used fonts are Verdana, Monospace and Verdana Bold. > > > > > > Files in decorations/* can use other fonts. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Dominique > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Kemian > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dominique Michel > > > > > > Mes 3 projets préférés auxquels je contribue: > > > * FVWM-Crystal, le bureau basé sur FVWM: > > > http://fvwm-crystal.org > > > * AlsaPlayer, le lecteur audio avec contrôle de vitesse en continu: > > > www.alsaplayer.org > > > * L'overlay pour la MAO sous gentoo: > > > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > fvwm-crystal-users mailing list > > > fvwm-crystal-users@gna.org > > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/fvwm-crystal-users > > > > > > -- > > > Dominique Michel > > Mes 3 projets préférés auxquels je contribue: > * FVWM-Crystal, le bureau basé sur FVWM: > http://fvwm-crystal.org > * AlsaPlayer, le lecteur audio avec contrôle de vitesse en continu: > www.alsaplayer.org > * L'overlay pour la MAO sous gentoo: > http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > -- Best wishes, Kemian _______________________________________________ fvwm-crystal-users mailing list fvwm-crystal-users@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/fvwm-crystal-users
