This is related to fonts and stuff. I downloaded a couple ttf fonts off the web and dropped them my ~/.fonts directory (after creating it) and I could use the fonts in gnome stuff no problem, but I ran the gimp and the fonts were not in the list for it. How do I get the gimp to use these fonts?
Bryan On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:03, Michael L Torrie wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:25, Michael Halcrow wrote: > > > > What does openoffice use for fonts? > > > > Run spadmin. > > It's actually far simpler than that. Every version of OpenOffice since > 1.0.1 contains it's own version of freetype and is capable of doing ttf > fonts regardless of whether your system is set up to use them > generally. All you need to do to get openoffice to use ttf fonts is add > the fontpath where the ttf fonts reside to X (using the old corefonts > mechanism -- hopefully they will just move to Xft soo). Here's how I do > it: > > 1. unpack fonts somewhere > 2. go to the directory and do: > ttmkfdir > mkfontdir > xset fp+ `pwd` > 3. edit either XF86Config or /etc/X11/fs/config and add that directory > to the fontpath. (because you did an xset, you don't have to restart > anything -- this is for the next time X restarts) > > The ttmkfdir, mkfontdir, and xset binaries are part of XFree86 core > package. > > > Anyway, no spadmin required. As long as you know this, your openoffice > will look good (as Evan can attest). > > Michael > > > > > > > Mike > > > > .___________________________________________________________________. > > Michael A. Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Security Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center > > GnuPG Fingerprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D > > > > A directive occured while processing this error. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
