Re: Fonts in Gnome 2.0 Alpha

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Chris Chabot">

> However it is interesting to note that whithout AA, the ttf fonts are
> shown (though with the 'Cannot load font for XLFD '-font string-' error),
> and with AA enabled, the TTF fonts are not shown...
> 
> Anyways had this problem and know how to fix this?

This is an Xft setup issue. If you grab the gdkxft capplet (for the
libgdkxft hack for gtk 1.2 apps), you can very easily edit which fonts are
used for Xft rendering. I've added globs for -microsoft-* -adobe-* and
others.

Let me know if that helps.

- Jeff

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