Font Issues in GNOME2

Bandit2 · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 5

Hi, I recently installed gnome2, and I have several problems:

1) Under gtk2/gnome2 programs, I can't select all the fonts I have installed/configured. I installed lots of TrueType fonts from my windows partition, I could see them un gnome 1.4. update: It seems this problem is related with pango. It seems I can only see fonts listed in /etc/pango/pangox.aliases. Is there any automated way of populating that file?

2) The control panel is missing. I emerged it for gnome2, but there are very few options.

3) Old gtk programs (eg. evolution), can't launch attachments, or open links in mozilla.

4) more to come, when I fix that 3 ;->

Greetings...

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AutoBot · l33t Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out

I'm sure you could get an answer right quick if you pop in #gentoo on irc.openprojects.net.

Be a good idea if you posted the answer though

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Spider · Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 4:47 am Post subject:

fonts issue:
try running gnome-font-install

control-center:
thats design, less "bloat" and confusion for users, a simpler smoother desktop that integrates harder.

launching... not sure, sorry.
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bazmonkey · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 4 Location: USA

I've been using gdkxft for a while, before gtk offered anti-aliasing support. This might be your prob:

In your /etc/X11/XftConfig file, you have to tell X what fonts to offer anti-aliased. When something uses anti-aliasing (Gnome2), it only knows these fonts. I'd make sure what you have in there is what you need. It came set up properly when I emerged everything, so I'm not sure if that's it, but it sounds like it.

Hope it helps.

Oh, and if you're looking for very pretty fonts, try adding "match edit rgba = rgb;". Use Xmag and look at the difference. Especially if you've got an LCD.

Bandit2 · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 5

jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

launching your apps, here is the solution:

For the gnome 1.4 libs, start gnomecc, then selcet Document handlers, URL Handlers and set for the default protocol:

orochi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 76

gnome-font-install

i dont seem to have that on my system, i emerged gnome already, is it in an optional package?

[smeagol] · Apprentice Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Posts: 152

I edited /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and added my truetype directories. Worked fine from there. There's a post about that somewhere here.

/me forgot where
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