Problem adding fonts to X

[Quantum]

Hello, this is my first post in this forum and i am generely new to Gentoo Linux.

For the past week I have been trying to install some fonts from Windoze. (tahoma and others)

First, I used the KDE font wizard to install the fonts, all the QT proggies recondnized the newly installed fonts and I could used them, BUT, proggied like Mozilla and XChat did not.

So, I tryed to install them manually, I did the following:

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mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/new
cp tahoma.ttf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/new
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/new
ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
mkfontdir 

then I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config and added the following line under the "Files" section:

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FontPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/new"

When I startx I get an error:

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Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/new, removing from list!

What am I doing wrong ??

Thanks

[kemical]

not sure about mozilla, try searching the forum for fonts with mozilla i think there is something 'special' you have to do.

as for xchat, it won't recognize your tahoma fonts like kde apps will.

dont quote me on this but i think it has something to do with gtk??

anyways ive tried it and xchat doesnt recognize them.

[Quantum]

Hmm.... I kinda fixed the problem, I added

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Load "freetype"

to /etc/X11/XF86Config (under the Module section)

BUT, I still have problems with the hebrew, for exemple in XChat, when I use Tahoma, I juse see " "
and in Mozilla, there is no blankspace (" ") between each word (when in hebrew sites..)

It's very strange..

[DiamondDog]

i had problems with mozilla + hebrew

u need to install the xfs first
type

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man rc-update

to see how to configure the service for boot.

then u need to edit your /etc/conf.d/xfs and chage the "-1" to "7100"
u can start it by typing

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/etc/init.d/xfs start

edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and add

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FontPath "tcp/{yourhostname}:7100"

assumeing u allready copy your windows fonts to dirs if not copy from window fonts dir *.ttf to any dir.

last thing to do before starting x is to
edit /etc/X11/fs/config
and add the windows font directory


startx

tell me how u did :) :twisted:

[mksoft]

You don't need xfs. I've answered similar question (the fourm is in Hebrew) in this thread at whatsup.org.il.

Read it and if you're still having problems, report back.