Subject: Re: Font question ....
From: Burn Alting (burn@goldweb.com.au)
Date: Wed Jul 04 2001 - 20:33:40 CDT
For those interested or scanning this list, Gregg's solution worked like a
charm.
Thanks Gregg.
Burn Alting
On Thursday 05 July 2001 09:40, Gregg Morris wrote:
> 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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