Re: [newbie] Forcing 100dpi fonts in X...?
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, drek wrote: Follow these dirctions, however if your useing the x font server like everyone else you'll be modifying /etc/X11/fs/config not XF86Config the fontpath in XF86Config should be "unix/:-1" Well, I posted this because a newbie can make this work immediately. I haven't had much luck with TT fonts. The output just isn't as nice as the PS versions. Being a newbie, and i believe useing 6.0 it's setup to use the xfs which is why i mentioned it. I'm obviously easy to please i never "fuss" with my fonts. I'd rather use my PS fonts. I'm told XFree supports them directly, but I first need to run mkfontdir to generate the fonts.alias and fonts.dir files. man mkfontdir makes no mention of PS, only some formats I haven't seen in years. Pointing mkfontdir to my PS dirs generates a fonts.dir file with one line containing a zero - it isn't seeing anything. These are the *.afm/*.pfb/*.pfm files, it doesn't seem to work with them. The GIMP book by Hammel mentions a type1inst utility on an Australian educational server, but I can never get into it, or find this program anywhere else. I'd appreciate any help with the PS fonts. If you could point me at the offending fonts I will have a look. Mark
Re: [newbie] Forcing 100dpi fonts in X...?
They're Type1 fonts that came with Corel Draw for Windows. I'm not sure there's a public location for them to point to. I'd appreciate any help with the PS fonts. If you could point me at the offending fonts I will have a look.
Re: [newbie] Forcing 100dpi fonts in X...?
Axalon wrote: On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, drek wrote: I just did this. I'm assmuming you're using mdk6 from a cheapbytes.com CD. First, back up the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Something like this: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.original My install left me hanging with only the 75dpi fonts, install the 100dpi fonts. Make sure your mdk distro is in the CD drive, mount it, then change to cd mountpoint/Mandrake/RPMS List the font files like Wa-La: ls *font* You'll get all the font files. The first one for me happens to be one I want: rpm -Uvh XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-58mdk-i586.rpm Do the same for all the others that have 100 in them. Now, you did back up that file, didn't you? vi /etc/X11/XF86Config You're in the editor. Press the Insert key. Scroll down two PageDowns, you'll see some FontPath entries. Mine had anything containing 100 commented out with a leading # on the line. Remove those. Place a leading # on any line with a 75. Save the file by pressing Esc:wq. Remember, the colon is the shifted semicolon. Back up your work: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.mod1 Now, the crafty will change the order of those FontPath lines. Get the ssc cheatsheet that shows you how to cut and paste in vi. I hope I don't have any typos. Mark Follow these dirctions, however if your useing the x font server like everyone else you'll be modifying /etc/X11/fs/config not XF86Config the fontpath in XF86Config should be "unix/:-1" I followed the instructions. (well, except for the vi ones...I prefer pico, myself) But it does not seem to work...I've included my /etc/X11/fs/config file... I don't know what I'm doing wrong but kde's control panel's information (X Server) says I'm still using 75x75 dpi fonts.. My problem is really in Netscape (mostly) I can display kanji but it's all smudgy and looks low res...and I need better fonts for kfm as well... TIA. -- - Kuraiken - Python fanatic. - Python. Try it. It'll swallow you whole! - # # Default font server configuration file for Red Hat Linux 6.0 # # allow a max of 4 clients to connect to this font server client-limit = 4 # when a font server reaches its limit, start up a new one clone-self = off # alternate font servers for clients to use #alternate-servers = foo:7101,bar:7102 # where to look for fonts # Some of these are commented out, i.e. the TrueType and Type1 # directories in /usr/share, because they aren't forced to be # installed alongside X. # catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts, # /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic, # /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc, /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/misc, /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/100dpi # in 12 points, decipoints default-point-size = 120 # 100 x 100 default-resolutions = 100,100 # how to log errors use-syslog = on
Re: [newbie] Forcing 100dpi fonts in X...?
I just did this. I'm assmuming you're using mdk6 from a cheapbytes.com CD. First, back up the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Something like this: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.original My install left me hanging with only the 75dpi fonts, install the 100dpi fonts. Make sure your mdk distro is in the CD drive, mount it, then change to cd mountpoint/Mandrake/RPMS List the font files like Wa-La: ls *font* You'll get all the font files. The first one for me happens to be one I want: rpm -Uvh XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-58mdk-i586.rpm Do the same for all the others that have 100 in them. Now, you did back up that file, didn't you? vi /etc/X11/XF86Config You're in the editor. Press the Insert key. Scroll down two PageDowns, you'll see some FontPath entries. Mine had anything containing 100 commented out with a leading # on the line. Remove those. Place a leading # on any line with a 75. Save the file by pressing Esc:wq. Remember, the colon is the shifted semicolon. Back up your work: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.mod1 Now, the crafty will change the order of those FontPath lines. Get the ssc cheatsheet that shows you how to cut and paste in vi. I hope I don't have any typos. Mark On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, you wrote: Hello all, I've got a relatively simple question. At install time, I distinctly unchecked 75dpi fonts and installed all the 100dpi ones. But, when I check "information", it says that my X is running with 75x75 dpi fonts. How do I make it use the higher res fonts? Also, the font display in kfm seems to have a weird tendency to auto scale the text. When the page is long, the fonts become very small. And you cannot simply [view]-[increase font size]...you have to click on the config settings...and apply...yuck. Also, I find the fonts not very nice in kfm. (my res is 1280x1024 at 32 bit using a 17" Iiyama monitor...does this matter?) What config file do I change? Thanks... Regards, -- - Kuraiken - Python fanatic. - Python. Try it. It'll swallow you whole! -
Re: [newbie] Forcing 100dpi fonts in X...?
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, drek wrote: I just did this. I'm assmuming you're using mdk6 from a cheapbytes.com CD. First, back up the configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Something like this: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.original My install left me hanging with only the 75dpi fonts, install the 100dpi fonts. Make sure your mdk distro is in the CD drive, mount it, then change to cd mountpoint/Mandrake/RPMS List the font files like Wa-La: ls *font* You'll get all the font files. The first one for me happens to be one I want: rpm -Uvh XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-58mdk-i586.rpm Do the same for all the others that have 100 in them. Now, you did back up that file, didn't you? vi /etc/X11/XF86Config You're in the editor. Press the Insert key. Scroll down two PageDowns, you'll see some FontPath entries. Mine had anything containing 100 commented out with a leading # on the line. Remove those. Place a leading # on any line with a 75. Save the file by pressing Esc:wq. Remember, the colon is the shifted semicolon. Back up your work: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.mod1 Now, the crafty will change the order of those FontPath lines. Get the ssc cheatsheet that shows you how to cut and paste in vi. I hope I don't have any typos. Mark Follow these dirctions, however if your useing the x font server like everyone else you'll be modifying /etc/X11/fs/config not XF86Config the fontpath in XF86Config should be "unix/:-1" On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, you wrote: Hello all, I've got a relatively simple question. At install time, I distinctly unchecked 75dpi fonts and installed all the 100dpi ones. But, when I check "information", it says that my X is running with 75x75 dpi fonts. How do I make it use the higher res fonts? Also, the font display in kfm seems to have a weird tendency to auto scale the text. When the page is long, the fonts become very small. And you cannot simply [view]-[increase font size]...you have to click on the config settings...and apply...yuck. Also, I find the fonts not very nice in kfm. (my res is 1280x1024 at 32 bit using a 17" Iiyama monitor...does this matter?) What config file do I change? Thanks... Regards, -- - Kuraiken - Python fanatic. - Python. Try it. It'll swallow you whole! -
