On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, John Turbvull wrote:

> Scott Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Donny wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey, i forget who it was, but thanks for the awesum idea of using
> > > windowz TT fonts to make netscape look awesum.
> snip
> > Glad it worked for you. When Linux supports TT Font printing, it will really
> > be great! Does anyone know the status of being able to print TT Fonts?
> > 
> > --
> > Scott Miller
> > Using Linux Mandrake Operating System
> > Take a look at http://www.linux-mandrake.com
> On a related note: Do the menu selections, Increase Font Alt+] and
> Decrease Font Alt+[ under View in both Netscape Navigator or Netscape
> Messenger do anything in the Linux versions of Netscape? They are always
> grayed out under Linux.

Not for me, you must have to be a netscape developer to get those working,
as i've never seen them work.
 
> I have read the site 
> http://www.frii.com/~meldroc/Font-Deuglification.html, but the
> information there is not applicable to Mandrake 6.1, as the font path is
> no-longer handled in /etc/X11/XF86Config. It is given as     Font Path  
> "unix/:-1"  there.
> 
> This is rather meaningless to me. . .

Apply the theory to /etc/X11/fs/config, it should be pretty apparent now
that you know the config file for xfs, if not say so.

> I have my Variable Width Font set to Utopia Adobe  Size 18
> and the Fixed Width Font set to Courier Adobe Size 14.
> 
> I do not see any True Type Fonts listed, just Monotype, Urw, Bitstream,
> Microsoft, Adobe and Wp Altsys. If I select Bitstream, I seem to be
> restricted to size 0 or 12 only. I haven't seen much of an improvement
> in the Netscape display, but it is now large enough to be readable.
> 
> If anybody sees some weirdness in the ramblings above, please comment. 
> Thanx.  John

Personaly i switch the font sizes to 18 and select "always use my fonts"
in the netscape dialog, and all is peachy..

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