Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 21:04:11 +0100 From: Chris Hodgins <christopher.hodgins@gmail.com> To: Moy Easwaran <moy@tiresias.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie: fonts &c. Message-ID: <63c3899e05051613045b71204@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42883DC5.90600@tiresias.dyndns.org> References: <42882FAE.6000904@tiresias.dyndns.org> <ac29423a050515223721c5bed5@mail.gmail.com> <42883DC5.90600@tiresias.dyndns.org>
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On 5/16/05, Moy Easwaran <moy@tiresias.dyndns.org> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response. >=20 > freetype is already being loaded. >=20 > pkg_add -r webfonts gives me a file not found error, and when I look > for it manually (in a browser) there doesn't appear to be a package. > I added arkpandora fonts but that made no difference. >=20 > Also, my concern is more than just web fonts: I want to clean up the > icons and menus and stuff as well (see the vim screenshots, for > instance). >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Moy Get yourself the bitstream fonts, they are really very nice. You can get the webfonts and bitstream fonts by doing this: # cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/bitstream-vera/ # make install clean # cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts/ # make install clean I think you also want to make sure you have in your X config file: Load "freetype" # put this in the module section and as suggested above put these in your files section: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" Then restart the X server and you should be able to setup your fonts in the settings panel of gnome somewhere (I dont use gnome) to the bitstream fonts. They are very clean. Chris
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