On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 17:24, Bryan Murdock wrote: > 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?
First off, if you're going to use .fonts (xft2) then you'll need the development version of the gimp, currently 1.3.18. Otherwise you'll have to put them in a folder and follow the procedures I outlined for openoffice. Then the old gimp (and all old X apps) will see them. Theoretically you could go to .fonts, run ttmkfdir, then mkfontdir, then "xset fp+ ~/.fonts" or something. You'd have to do that every time you log in, though. Michael > > 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 -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
