On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 19:24:52 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:50:02 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > Now default font set are picked via fontconfig thing. > > > > http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch08.en.html#fontsinthexwindow > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > Your document definitely helped a lot in understanding fonts in debain. > So now I tried configuring my fonts using fontconfig, which I assume > means configuration through fonts.conf. So I have the following > ~/.fonts.conf: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> > <!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access --> > <fontconfig> > <dir>/home/amitu/.fonts</dir> > </fontconfig> > > But urxvt still can't seem to use the Dina font which is located in > ~/.fonts. > > Any ideas?
It should not be necessary to refer to ~/.fonts explicitly in ~/.fonts.conf. This directory is included in the font path by default. (You can check this with "xset q"; /home/$USER/.fonts should be listed at the end of the font path.) All that you should have to do is copy the fonts to ~/.fonts and run "mkfontdir ~/.fonts". I do not know where to find the Dina font, but I tested this with the snap font that you mentioned in your earlier mail: $ fc-match snap snap.pcf.gz: "snap" "Regular" If this does not work then you have to check if bitmap fonts are enabled on your system. Run "dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config" and make sure that you answer "Yes" to the third question. You need to restart X to see the effect of changes in the fontconfig settings. If you do not want to enable all bitmap fonts then you can selectively enable certain families in your ~/fonts.conf, for example: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <selectfont> <acceptfont> <pattern> <patelt name="family"><string>snap</string></patelt> </pattern> </acceptfont> </selectfont> </fontconfig> The effect of this configuration is instantaneous on my system (no need to restart X) and the snap fonts is found by fc-match even if bitmap fonts are disabled globally. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]