RE:Font question ....

Subject: RE:Font question ....
From: Gregg Morris (greggrm@home.com)
Date: Wed Jul 04 2001 - 18:40:48 CDT

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Be sure that your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file contains this:
   Load "type1"
In the "Module" Section:

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
    FontPath "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "GLcore"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "dri"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "fbdevhw"
        Load "pex5"
        Load "glx"
        Load "pex5"
        Load "record"
        Load "xie"
        Load "type1" ## Loads Microsoft Fonts
        Load "speedo"
EndSection

Burn Alting writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a RedHat 7.0 system running a 2.4.5 kernel (from kernel.org)
>
> I grabbed abiword 0.7.14, compiled and installed it. When I go to run
> abiword, I get an error saying the font
>
> [-*-Times New Roman-regular-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*]
>
> is not available through my (xfs) font server.
>
> After reading your docs, I went to www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack
> and picked up their Times New Roman fonts, but they don't include the
> font abiword wants.
>
> The utility, xlsfonts, shows the fonts I picked up from microsoft -
> so those installed correctly (Times New Roman-bold-i-normal, Times New
> Roman-medium-i-normal, Times New Roman-medium-r-normal and Times New
> Roman-bold-r-normal).
>
> Can you tell me where I can find the font requested?
>
> Regards
>
> Burn Alting
> burn@goldweb.com.au
>
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