On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Arie Folger wrote: > Hi, > > I thought we discussed a similar case, but couldn't find it in the archives: > I upgraded to RH8.0, and am generally happy (although I can't get the package > manager to work at all. Help needed here!) but have the following problem: > > /usr/X11R/lib/X11/fonts/local is symlinked to /usr/local/share/fonts, in which > there are two directories: ms-webfonts and TrueType. Both directories have > entries in xfs's config file, and indeed, when firing up xfontsel I can see > those fonts. Up until before th upgrade I used those fonts throughout kde. > However, now, when I fire up the fonts dialog of kde (any font dialog in > kde), I can't see the selfsame fonts. Result is that I can't display Hebrew > properly, and can't use my beloved TrueType fonts (eventhose from the > despised behemoth are still beloved fonts). > > How do I get my fonts back into kde? > > PS: it's kde 3.0.3 red hat
One guess: you use Xft. Therefore the X server's fonts config is not that much relevant. Add the directory to: /etc/X11/XftConfig (or to ~/.XftConfig) you need to add the following line: dir "/usr/local/share/fonts/ms-webfonts" -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:tzafrir@;technion.ac.il http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
