Re: Font Path

[Michael Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 21:21 +0530, Surya Kiran Gullapalli wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to understand the gtk code. I've a question regarding font
> path.
> What is the font path, gtk application is looking into when one open a
> font selection dialog.
> 
> This question arose, due to the fact that garnome ships with bitstream
> vera fonts, and when you install it, it goes into the installation
> directory ($PREFIX/share... etc) 
> But when opened a font selection dialog, it shows all the available
> fonts on the machine.
> 
> Also if i'm shipping a new application with a new font, and say, i've
> to ship this font also. where should i put that font. Also please let
> me know if i need to set any environment variables. 

Fonts are not GTK specific.  On Unix (X11) fonts should be installed to
$HOME/.fonts

If you install fonts to another place on the system, you need to modify
the config file in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and set up the path.

For more information, see the specifications at freedesktop.org
(fontconfig).

Michael


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