An empty fonts.dir will also do this to you. About the last line of the
message: As well as font paths, the fp can contain a path to a font
server. For a local xfstt, FI, I have "unix/:7100". If these are new
fonts, note that mkfontdir won't do anything for type1 fonts except copy
fonts.scale into fonts.dir - if you supply a fonts.scale. You may have
to make one of those with type1inst. From its README:
type1inst lives on the Linux archive sunsite.unc.edu in
/pub/Linux/X11/xutils. Updates will be placed there as required.
Okay, it's an old README. that should be metalab.unc.edu.
HTH
Lawson
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This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Ulf Lundstr\366m wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> I'm having trouble setting the font path useing xset...
>
> When I execute the command :
> 'xset fp= /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1'
> I get this error message:
>
> 'xset: bad font path element (#1), possible causes are:
> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
> Directory missing fonts.dir
> Incorrect font server address or syntax'
>
> I've tried to execute the command as my regular user aswell as root,
but I
> still get the same message... The directory contains the file
fonts.dir...
>
> The one thing I don't get is the last line of the message... What does
it
> realy mean...
>
> Or maybe I am executing the command with a wrong syntax...
>
> Please anyone, help me out here... Useing GIMP without fonts aren't
that
> funny when you need to produce some logos and headers...
>
> TIA
> //Ulf Lundstrom
>
>
> If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you.
> This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
> -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
>
>
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