On 03/07/2017 12:47 PM, David W Noon wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 11:49:44 -0700, Thelma ([email protected]) wrote > about "Re: [gentoo-user] Helvetica fonts" (in > <[email protected]>): > [snip] > > Try the following, to see what fontconfig has cached: > > fc-list | egrep 'Helvetica' | sort | less
fc-list | egrep 'Helvetica' | sort It shows them all: /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvB24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvBO24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvO24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/helvR24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvB24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvBO24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvO24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR08.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR10.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR12.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR14.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR18.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/helvR24.pcf.gz: Helvetica:style=Regular /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/Helvetica-BoldOblique.pfa: Helvetica:style=Bold Oblique /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/Helvetica-Bold.pfa: Helvetica:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/Helvetica-Oblique.pfa: Helvetica:style=Oblique /usr/share/fonts/Helvetica/Helvetica.pfa: Helvetica:style=Regular [snip] > > Run the fc-list command, as I suggested above. That will show you every > font that purports to offer the Helvetica type face plus any other font > attributes. > > Just to show you what to expect from Helvetica and Arial, here are a > couple of Wikipedia articles: > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial> > > These articles contain sample text rendered in the respective fonts. > This will help you recognize Helvetica when you get it working. The display far from samples fonts on wiki :-/ I've run into one posting suggesting use of "-xfl" flag in fltk - package http://git.net/ml/lib.fltk.general/2004-08/msg00155.html so I compiled x11-libs/fltk without xfl but it did not make any difference. -- Thelma
