To find out if you have the 100 dpi fonts installed type the following
rpm -q XFree86-100dip-fonts
Do this from the text console if that's how you log on or from a
terminal window if you start up in XWindows.
Notes: Changing fonts is not just a question of editing fonts.dir.
There is a tool that will create a proper fonts.dir file for you. It
has been a while so I can't really tell you what the name of it is. The
mail list archives on Mandrake could help you though, this subject has
been worked to death.
After that you can delete the fonts you are pretty sure you won't be
using but don't change anything else, except for the count value at the
very beginning of the file. That has to be equal to the number of fonts
the fonts.dir file actually refers to.
There is some talk of deleting reference to all fonts that aren't
referred to as iso8559-1. I personally cannot say one way or another if
this is a good thing or not. My advice on this point is to invoke
"Tinker's Rule #1" which is "Make a backup so you can restore the system
to what appeared to be normal for most folks before you got your fingers
in it and screwed up the works."
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Salts
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 9:08 PM
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Subject: RE: [newbie] Netscape Tinytype
Ken,
How would I find out whether they are installed or not?
Richard
