On Mon Feb 07 2000 at 17:26, "Drongo" wrote:
Drongo? Hmm... :)
> Tony? If you are profesional in Linux, please tel my how can I
> solve problems with fonts.
Linux is a hobby. Well, not really -- computers are my hobby. I
graduated from dos 5.something to linux back in '91 to unix when I
went back to uni - and it became a passion once I began to get used to
it. I then discovered linux in '94 - and it was just awesome to run a
REAL unix system on my OWN pc! - which back then was a 386/7dx33 with
8Mb ram (I only "decommissioned" this box about 18 months ago). I
never did get to use cludgefactor number 95 when it came out - and
didn't until finally got a job working as a unix/linux support
officer. That job was a turning point - I finally turned a keen hobby
into a brand new career, one that is blossoming ever since.
Believe me, if you know how to use unix/linux, then you are a very
valuable commodity worth a lot of money (or at the very least, a good
steady job). Personally, I regard myself as a hobbist how is "into"
linux (well, unix more truthfully), and that I've recently been lucky
enough to turn a hobby into an exciting new career.
As to your font problem, what's the problem?
Nowdays I've noticed that redhat - and probably other distributions -
now use the xfs (X Font Server) running on a local socket to get at
the fonts. Nice move... prior to this all the fonts needed to be
specified in the XF86Config file - which meant that to include a new
font then the X server neede to be restarted.
Anyway, the xfs daemon needs to be started at bootup with the rc
scripts before the X server will work properly with fonts. If you
want to include a new font, then add them to the /usr/X11R6/ tree as
usual, then make an entry in /etc/X11/fs/config file for it (if it
hasn't been already done with the installation of the fonts
themselves). Then restart the daemon.
To enable the fonts in applications like netscape, you'll have to
tweak the application to do what you want. Netscape as an example...
Edit->Preferences->Fonts and then View->Character Set.
As for font for weird character sets for printers (eg, cryllic), there
are some FAQs out there that can explain how to do that.
Also, on redhat systems you can specify system-wide default character
and font sets.
These hints should be enough to get you able to find the information
that you need to be able to fix the problems yourself.
Cheers
Tony
