Re: No fonts with gtk framebuffer

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Vince Busam <vince phatnoise com> writes:

> When I run any of the example programs with gtk compiled for framebuffer
> mode, I don't see _any_ text anywhere.  No fonts appear to be working at
> all.  I modified pangorc and pangoft2.aliases per the documentation, but
> an strace shows that pangoft2.aliases is never opened.  Instead, it the
> application looks like it's trying to use Xft fonts, as it opens
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig, then eventually
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/UTRG____.pfa for the font file.  Is there
> something I'm missing to get it to use the TrueType fonts?

yes, you need to edit your XftConfig file. PangoXft and PangoFT2 both 
share the same configuration file. pangoft2.aliases is a thing of the
past and not used any longer.


Salut, Sven