Hello Jan,
Thanks a lot for your reply. As per suggestion in the mail,I tried using
'fc-cache' command to find whether the font which I added would be shown up.
Unfortunately, the list of fonts listed by fc-cache did not include the font
which I added. From this, I infer that the font is not added to the system
properly. Could you please guide me with the procedure to add the font to
the system? I am using the home PC and so I can become super-user and I am
ok if this requires manual tweaking of any files. Kindly guide me to achieve
this.
Regards and thanks,
Sreeram
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Jan Hnatek <Jan.Hnatek at sun.com> wrote:
> Hi Sreeram,
>
> GNOME (and gnome-terminal) uses FreeType / Fontconfig to find
> its fonts, and steps b) and c) really apply to X11 font
> configuration, not GNOME.
>
> You need to make sure that fontconfig is aware of your added font.
> First, try to run 'fc-cache' and then check the font selection
> in gnome-terminal's Profiles.
>
> You can verify the font is added to Fontconfig's list by running:
> fc-match "name of your font"
> alternatively with '-v' option to get more info.
>
> Ex:
> # fc-match "Monospace"
> CourierRegular.ttf: "Courier New" "Regular"
>
> Regards,
> hnhn
>
>
> Sreeram BS wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am using Solaris 10 for x86 10/08. I use the JDS(Java Desktop
>> System). I would like to use a particular .ttf font for my gnome-terminal,
>> but I am not able to do it. I have the font file (.ttf) with me. But I dont
>> know as to how to achieve this task. I made the following attempts:
>> a) I created a .fonts directory in my $HOME directory and put the font
>> file. I was told that JDS will pick up the font automatically and we have to
>> select that font from the gnome terminal. When I open the fonts menu under
>> Edit->Profiles in gnome terminal, I am unable to see my font in the list.
>> b) I tried to use few commands like "xset fp+
>> <directory-where-font-present>" and "xset fp rehash", but in vain again.
>> c) I tried to use ttmkfdir, mkfontdir tools, but could not get through.
>> I request you to kindly give me a step-by-step procedure to add my
>> .ttf font to the system and use it in the gnome-terminal. I have been
>> struggling to get this and I would be very very thankful to you for your
>> suggestions.
>> Regards,
>> Sreeram
>>
>>
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