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idl Retired Dev
Joined: 24 Dec 2002 Posts: 1728 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 11:37 pm Post subject: No (x)term can find my fonts |
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Im using Eterm and tried using the -F option to try a different font
but i get the following:
Code: | Interimo truetype # Eterm -F arial
Eterm: Error: Unable to load font "arial". Falling back on "fixed" |
so i tried the following:
Code: | Eterm -F /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf |
but it gives me the same error, Xterm also fails to use any other fonts than fixed
Whats wrong?
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ebrostig Bodhisattva
Joined: 20 Jul 2002 Posts: 3152 Location: Orlando, Fl
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Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Nothing is really wrong, it is just that the name 'arial' is not recognized by X-windows. Try to start with the following option:
Eterm -F -monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
Where the heck did IU get that name from? Lol, it's quite simple. Take a look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir (switch truetype with the name of the directory that contains the arial.ttf font). This file contains the mapping between the filename and the font name recognized by X-windows.
Hope this helps
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idl Retired Dev
Joined: 24 Dec 2002 Posts: 1728 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 7:57 am Post subject: |
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ahhh brilliant cheers! |
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shm Advocate
Joined: 09 Dec 2002 Posts: 2380 Location: Atlanta, Universe
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Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:34 am Post subject: |
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ebrostig wrote: | N
Where the heck did IU get that name from? Lol, it's quite simple. Take a look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/fonts.dir (switch truetype with the name of the directory that contains the arial.ttf font). This file contains the mapping between the filename and the font name recognized by X-windows. |
You can also try using the xfontsel utility distributed with xfree86 |
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