Hi,
Should I install any specific package from companion CD to facilitate
this?
Regards,
Sreeram
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Sreeram BS <sreeramabs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for your reply.
> I have run 'fc-cache -fv' as guest login itself. The output of command
> 'file luximr.ttf' says that it is a Truetype font file. About fc-cache
> reporting '0 fonts', Jan had suggested that it could be because, fc-cache
> has already seen the font elsewhere and so it reports 0 fonts cached.
> How do I proceed? Kindly suggest.
>
> Regards,
> Sreeram
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Sivakumar Shanmugasundaram <
> sivakumar at sun.com> wrote:
>
>> Sreeram,
>>
>> Did you run 'fc-cache -fv' as 'guest'? I see that you had run as 'root'.
>> Also, it should not say '0 fonts' found. It should say at least '1 fonts'
>> found (since you are using the -f force option)
>> What does the command 'file luximr.ttf' say? It should say Truetype font
>> file.
>>
>> -Siva
>>
>>
>> Sreeram BS wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jan,
>>> Thanks for your reply. I deleted the ~/.fontconfig directory and
>>> issued the 'fc-cache -fv' command from /home/guest. After the command
>>> completed, I issued the command: fc-match "LuxiMono". It gave some Arial
>>> font as output. I am pasting the same here:
>>>
>>> bash-3.00$ fc-match "LuxiMono"
>>> ArialRegular.ttf: "Arial" "Regular"
>>>
>>> First of all, I feel that this output is incorrect. However, I tried
>>> to set "Arial" Regular in gnome-terminal following Takao's suggestion. I
>>> could not get the look of LuxiMono font (which is not a surprise).
>>> Kindly guide me with another/further solution for this problem. If I
>>> have to install any packages or patches, kindly inform me.
>>>
>>> With best regards,
>>> Sreeram
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/29/09, *Jan Hnatek* <Jan.Hnatek at sun.com <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at
>>> sun.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Sreeram,
>>>
>>> > /home/guest/.fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
>>> this may mean that fc-cache already found the font on its own.
>>>
>>> What's the output of
>>> $ fc-match "LuxiMono"
>>> while logged in as the 'guest' user?
>>>
>>> > /home/guest/.fontconfig: invalid cache file:
>>> > 5b529c209d37bd665448cc18fc084c9c-x86.cache-2
>>> This may also be the problem. I think you can try to delete
>>> ~/.fontconfig and then rerun fc-cache.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> hnhn
>>>
>>> Sreeram BS wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Could you please tell me if I have missed something
>>> important. I am stuck. Kindly guide me.
>>> Regards,
>>> Sreeram
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Sreeram BS
>>> <sreeramabs at gmail.com <mailto:sreeramabs at gmail.com>
>>> <mailto:sreeramabs at gmail.com <mailto:sreeramabs at gmail.com>>>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jan, Takao,
>>> Thanks a lot for your inputs.
>>> Unfortunately, I am still not able to get the font in the
>>> gnome-terminal. Moreover, the fc-cache command itself is
>>> not taking
>>> the font. I created the '.fonts' directory and put in the
>>> .ttf file.
>>> The file is luximr.ttf [TTF font file for Luxi Mono font,
>>> which I
>>> like the most]. After that, I became superuser and from the
>>> .fonts
>>> directory, issued the command 'fc-cache -fv'. It started
>>> caching
>>> fonts from various directories and finally it tried caching
>>> fonts
>>> from /home/guest/.fonts directory (which is the place I put the
>>> luximr.ttf font). It said 0 fonts and 0 dirs. When I issue the
>>> 'fc-match' command with fc-match 'Luxi Mono', nothing
>>> turned up. I
>>> am pasting the console output here:
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> bash-3.00$ which fc-cache
>>> /usr/bin/fc-cache
>>> bash-3.00$ ls
>>> C Desktop Documents Utils
>>> bash-3.00$ cd .fonts
>>> bash-3.00$ ls
>>> luximb.ttf luximr.ttf
>>> bash-3.00$ su
>>> Password:
>>> # bash
>>> # fc-cache -fv
>>> /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0
>>> fonts, 13
>>> dirs
>>> ...
>>> /home/guest/.fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0
>>> dirs
>>> /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
>>> /home/guest/.fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
>>> /home/guest/.fontconfig: invalid cache file:
>>> 5b529c209d37bd665448cc18fc084c9c-x86.cache-2
>>> fc-cache: succeeded
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I am quite sure about the font files, because I have
>>> used the
>>> same files for setting the Luxi Mono font on Solaris 10
>>> SPARC. But,
>>> when I try to use it on Solaris 10 x86, I am unable to do
>>> it. Could
>>> you please guide me installing this Luxi Mont font on my
>>> Solaris 10
>>> x86 machine?
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>> Sreeram
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/25/09, *Jan Hnatek* <Jan.Hnatek at sun.com
>>> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com>
>>> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Sreeram,
>>>
>>> there are two commands: fc-cache and fc-match.
>>> Ideally, it would look like this:
>>>
>>> $ mkdir ~/.fonts; cd ~/.fonts
>>> $ wget URL_of_My_Font
>>> $ fc-cache -fv
>>> [..]
>>> /export/home/<user>/.fonts: caching, new cache contents: 1
>>> fonts, 1 dirs
>>> [..]
>>> $ fc-match My_Font
>>> My_Font.ttf: "My_Font" "Medium"
>>>
>>> And now you'd follow Takao's description to disable the
>>> default terminal font ("Monospace:12") and select
>>> My_Font instead.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> hnhn
>>>
>>> Sreeram BS wrote:
>>>
>>> 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 <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com>
>>> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com>>
>>> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com
>>> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com> <mailto:Jan.Hnatek at sun.com
>>> <mailto: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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