Thanks for explanation! Then I guess it is not necessary to put 'Load "type1"' in the xorg.conf file. Is this correct?
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Federico Beffa wrote: >> I have some problems with fonts in xfig, a drawing program. The program uses >> PostScript type1 fonts. However, no matter which font I select, or which >> font size I specify, I always get the same font with the message similar to >> "Can't find Helvetica-12 font, using 6x13 instead". >> >> Investigating a little bit I have noticed that in OpenSolaris 2009.06 there >> is no type1 module (/usr/X11/lib/modules/amd64/libtype1.so). Is it in a >> separate package? (I couldn't find it). Is it statically linked into X? >> (Nothing about type1 in the log file) > > We have followed the Xorg upstream lead in replacing the old type1 module > with use of the Type1 support in the freetype module instead. (The > separate Type1 code predates FreeType usage by many years - FreeType > was originally added to provide TrueType support, but since it also > has Type1 support and is already loaded into memory, it was decided > to use it, instead of loading a second Type1 support module into > memory.) > > However, there is no Helvetica Type1 font delivered with OpenSolaris 2009.06. > You can see the limited selection of Type1 fonts in the directory > /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 - the fonts.dir & fonts.alias files will > show what their names are for classic X applications. >
