That has not worked on at least two systems that I know about. The only
difference is that the fonts were installed from RPMs.
john
On 19-Apr-99 Matthew McKeon wrote:
> "Kapoor, Nishikant X" wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Excuse my ignorance but can someone please post the EXACT fix for this
>> problem. I've seen some responses about unwrapping a few lines
>> containing zapf in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/fonts.properties (I think the
>> path is right !) but I guess, the EXACT 'diff' would be highly
>> appreciated.
>>
> [kersnip]
>
> The problem is due to the fact
> that the fonts specified in the fonts.properties
> of the JDK distribution
> are merely a collection of default fonts,
> which are not necessarily present on all X systems.
> What you need to do is CHANGE that fonts.properties
> so that it points to a nice collection of fonts
> that you have installed.
>
> In March, Kazuki Yasumatsu posted to java-linux
> with an example of how to do this using the Ghostscript fonts.
> You do NOT need to install the ghostscript fonts
> in order to make this problem go away --
> you can just modify your fonts.properties to point to
> the fonts you have installed on your system.
>
> However, if you simply want to get up and running,
> Kazuki's post is at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/java-linux@java.blackdown.org/msg05371.html
>
> Please remember the first part of that URL.
> It is the java linux mailing list archives.
> List archives are a developer's best friend.
> If you're having trouble with Java under Linux,
> there's a %75 probability that the answer to your question
> is available in the archives.
>
> Also, the fonts.properties he includes with his post
> has a few lines that were wrapped by the posting process.
> Unless you unwrap them, you'll get a few font errors.
> Search the post for "zapf",
> and it will be obvious where they are.
>
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