RE: Fonts on KDE
> -Original Message- > From: Donald R. Spoon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:43 PM > To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Fonts on KDE > > > Charlie Reiman wrote: > > I've got Debian sid (2.4.18 kernel) with kde 2.2.2 installed on > my Omnibook > > 500. I'm having a hard time getting fonts to behave. Is there a > decent FAQ > > covering font installation? I'd really love something with a > troubleshooting > > diagram. > > > > I have anti-aliasing working. My problem is KDE itself only seems to > > recognize about 10 fonts in the look & Feel:Fonts panel > (courier 10 pitch, > > nimbus, a few others). KDE will render Helvitica but I can't > select it in > > the picker. KWord also seems to let me select from about 10 > different fonts. > > > > This is a KDE problem since gfontsel seems to recognize over 100 fonts, > > including my true type fonts, but it has problems with some > (not all) 2 byte > > fonts. gfontview seems to render everything as long as I point it at the > > right directory. Crufty old xfontsel seems to recongnize all my > fonts and > > renders them just fine. > > > > "xlsfonts | wc -l" gives 5462, so there are plenty of fonts > installed as far > > as X is concerned. > > > > How do I get KDE to at least recognize my TT fonts? > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Charlie. > > > > Charlie, > > It just so happens that I have recently did a "fresh" install of Debian > Woody, then upgraded to "testing" and installed the msttcorefonts > package AND ran into the same problem as you! I had a "working" KDE > system before the re-install, so I had to re-create my previous steps. > > As it turned out, all I had to do was modify the /etc/X11/XftConfig file > and add the new Defoma path names to get access to the TrueType fonts > from the status you described. Basically, I had to make the changes > recommended during the x-ttcidfont package config when it was installed! >I also had to start (restart?) the xfs server to read in the new / > modified file. > > Here is my /etc/X11/XftConfig file: > > # $XFree86: xc/lib/Xft/XftConfig.cpp,v 1.8 2001/11/21 23:41:12 > keithp Exp $ > > dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > # dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" > dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" > dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > > # > # alias 'fixed' for 'mono' > # > match any family == "fixed" edit family =+ "mono"; > > # > # Check users config file > # > includeif "~/.xftconfig" > > # > # Alias between XLFD families and font file family name, prefer local > # fonts > # > match any family == "charter" edit family += "bitstream > charter"; > match any family == "bitstream charter" edit family =+ "charter"; > > There is some other stuff that you can do with this file to clean up > hinting and aliases, that I have not done here. That is described in > the /usr/share/doc/anti-aliasing-howto/XftConfig.examples file on your > computer. You might be interested in some of that too.. > > HTH, > -Don Spoon- Thanks. That stopped the hurting. I'm still not sure why image fonts (wingdings, etc) don't render correctly but at least I can stop using bitstream for everything.
Re: Fonts on KDE
Charlie Reiman wrote: I've got Debian sid (2.4.18 kernel) with kde 2.2.2 installed on my Omnibook 500. I'm having a hard time getting fonts to behave. Is there a decent FAQ covering font installation? I'd really love something with a troubleshooting diagram. I have anti-aliasing working. My problem is KDE itself only seems to recognize about 10 fonts in the look & Feel:Fonts panel (courier 10 pitch, nimbus, a few others). KDE will render Helvitica but I can't select it in the picker. KWord also seems to let me select from about 10 different fonts. This is a KDE problem since gfontsel seems to recognize over 100 fonts, including my true type fonts, but it has problems with some (not all) 2 byte fonts. gfontview seems to render everything as long as I point it at the right directory. Crufty old xfontsel seems to recongnize all my fonts and renders them just fine. "xlsfonts | wc -l" gives 5462, so there are plenty of fonts installed as far as X is concerned. How do I get KDE to at least recognize my TT fonts? Thanks for any help Charlie. Charlie, It just so happens that I have recently did a "fresh" install of Debian Woody, then upgraded to "testing" and installed the msttcorefonts package AND ran into the same problem as you! I had a "working" KDE system before the re-install, so I had to re-create my previous steps. As it turned out, all I had to do was modify the /etc/X11/XftConfig file and add the new Defoma path names to get access to the TrueType fonts from the status you described. Basically, I had to make the changes recommended during the x-ttcidfont package config when it was installed! I also had to start (restart?) the xfs server to read in the new / modified file. Here is my /etc/X11/XftConfig file: # $XFree86: xc/lib/Xft/XftConfig.cpp,v 1.8 2001/11/21 23:41:12 keithp Exp $ dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" # dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" # # alias 'fixed' for 'mono' # match any family == "fixed" edit family =+ "mono"; # # Check users config file # includeif "~/.xftconfig" # # Alias between XLFD families and font file family name, prefer local # fonts # match any family == "charter" edit family += "bitstream charter"; match any family == "bitstream charter" edit family =+ "charter"; There is some other stuff that you can do with this file to clean up hinting and aliases, that I have not done here. That is described in the /usr/share/doc/anti-aliasing-howto/XftConfig.examples file on your computer. You might be interested in some of that too.. HTH, -Don Spoon-
RE: Fonts on KDE
> -Original Message- > From: Laura Rudmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:43 AM > To: Charlie Reiman > Subject: Re: Fonts on KDE > > > Charlie Reiman wrote: > > >I've got Debian sid (2.4.18 kernel) with kde 2.2.2 installed on > my Omnibook > >500. I'm having a hard time getting fonts to behave. Is there a > decent FAQ > >covering font installation? I'd really love something with a > troubleshooting > >diagram. > > > > You know, I saw a pretty good looking article on Slashdot.org [actually > elsewhere, > but covered on slashdot] linked to about font deuglification in Debian > about a month ago. > > Doing an advanced search on Google for "Debian font howto install > site:slashdot.org", > I see that the slashdot article was: > http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/25/107204.shtml > > The original article was not a working link, but going over to debian, I > see it here: > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html > > Among other things, it told how to use the font hints and all to make > them actually > look decent on the screen. > > See if this helps. If it works, leave a "problem solved message" that > points to the website, > or tells what you did. > > > > >I have anti-aliasing working. My problem is KDE itself only seems to > >recognize about 10 fonts in the look & Feel:Fonts panel (courier > 10 pitch, > >nimbus, a few others). KDE will render Helvitica but I can't select it in > >the picker. KWord also seems to let me select from about 10 > different fonts. > > > >This is a KDE problem since gfontsel seems to recognize over 100 fonts, > >including my true type fonts, but it has problems with some (not > all) 2 byte > >fonts. gfontview seems to render everything as long as I point it at the > >right directory. Crufty old xfontsel seems to recongnize all my fonts and > >renders them just fine. > > > >"xlsfonts | wc -l" gives 5462, so there are plenty of fonts > installed as far > >as X is concerned. > > > >How do I get KDE to at least recognize my TT fonts? > > > >Thanks for any help > > > >Charlie. You're thinking of this document: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/ which covers how to get TT fonts installed and anti-aliased. I've got them installed and anti-aliased just fine but KDE doesn't see them. Gnome tools and gronky old X tools do. So I'm thinking I'm missing some KDE specific index file but I'm not sure what it is. I suppose it's also possible I've got some bad configuration that KDE chokes on but gnome and X just breeze past. I appreciate the help though. This document http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/debian_tt.html might be more relevent for me although it is old.
