Subject: RE:Font question ....
From: Travis Newhouse (newhouse@cs.ucsd.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 05 2001 - 11:51:06 CDT
I checked my XF86Config file, and found that
Load "type1"
was present in the "Module" Section.
Any other ideas?
I tried using 'xfontsel' to display the font AbiWord is complaining
about, and it causes the font dsplay portion of the window (the
bottom section) to freeze. By "freeze" I mean that the portion of
the window is not being redrawn (and artifacts of menus and other
windows remain). So, this leads me to believe that there is
definitely somethign wrong with rendering this font. Could it be the
font files themselves?
Also, I realize this list may no longer be appropriate for the
problem, so if someone has a referral to a more appropriate mailing
list or resource, please let me know.
Thanks,
Travis
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Gregg Morris wrote:
> Be sure that your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file contains this:
> Load "type1"
> In the "Module" Section:
>
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "glx"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "record"
> Load "xie"
> Load "type1" ## Loads Microsoft Fonts
> Load "speedo"
> EndSection
>
>
> Burn Alting writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a RedHat 7.0 system running a 2.4.5 kernel (from kernel.org)
> >
> > I grabbed abiword 0.7.14, compiled and installed it. When I go to run
> > abiword, I get an error saying the font
> >
> > [-*-Times New Roman-regular-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*]
> >
> > is not available through my (xfs) font server.
> >
> > After reading your docs, I went to www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack
> > and picked up their Times New Roman fonts, but they don't include the
> > font abiword wants.
> >
> > The utility, xlsfonts, shows the fonts I picked up from microsoft -
> > so those installed correctly (Times New Roman-bold-i-normal, Times New
> > Roman-medium-i-normal, Times New Roman-medium-r-normal and Times New
> > Roman-bold-r-normal).
> >
> > Can you tell me where I can find the font requested?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Burn Alting
> > burn@goldweb.com.au
> >
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