Re: Fonts in Gnome 2.0 Alpha
- From: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>
- To: fflewddur <fflewddur dropline net>
- Cc: Chris Chabot <chabotc reviewboard com>, Desktop-Devel List <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Fonts in Gnome 2.0 Alpha
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:02:15 -0500 (EST)
fflewddur <fflewddur dropline net> writes:
> On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 23:11, Chris Chabot wrote:
> > Browsing the gtk 1.3 lists, i see it is a 'known gtk 1.3 problem' (no
> > solutions yet). 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?
> >
>
> that's odd. without aa, i can use my true-type fonts perfectly.
> however, when i enable aa i lose all of my standard fonts and instead
> get the list nautilus 1.0.x uses when you select the "smoother graphics"
> option. i'm using slackware 8.0 (heavily modified) with xfree86 4.1 and
> freetype 2.0.6.
You need to point Xft at the directories where the fonts live by
editing /etc/X11/XftConfig (or, you may find it in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11).
Regards,
Owen
[Eventually xfs/the Xserver will be fixed to use the same configuration]
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