[gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

2013-05-17 Thread walt
On 05/16/2013 04:23 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
 On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:27:13PM -0700, walt wrote
 On 05/15/2013 04:09 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
  A new install 64-bit Dell.  I noted all the font files in my old
 machine's /var/lib/world file and installed them on the new machine.
 Notwithstanding that I had mysterious problems.  One of the icons on my
 ICEWM toolbar launches the command...
  
 xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 80x58 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12

   I got error messages about not being able to find the font,

 Did you install the font-alias package?
 
   Yes.  That was one of the packages I installed.

fc-list tells me that all of the Lucida fonts are capitalized, e.g.
LucidaTypewriter.  Fonts totally confuse me :(




[gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

2013-05-16 Thread walt
On 05/15/2013 04:09 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
  A new install 64-bit Dell.  I noted all the font files in my old
 machine's /var/lib/world file and installed them on the new machine.
 Notwithstanding that I had mysterious problems.  One of the icons on my
 ICEWM toolbar launches the command...
  
 xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 80x58 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12
 
   I got error messages about not being able to find the font,

Did you install the font-alias package?



Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

2013-05-16 Thread waltdnes
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:27:13PM -0700, walt wrote
 On 05/15/2013 04:09 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
   A new install 64-bit Dell.  I noted all the font files in my old
  machine's /var/lib/world file and installed them on the new machine.
  Notwithstanding that I had mysterious problems.  One of the icons on my
  ICEWM toolbar launches the command...
   
  xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 80x58 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12
  
I got error messages about not being able to find the font,
 
 Did you install the font-alias package?

  Yes.  That was one of the packages I installed.

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