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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:45:22 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Fred Ciesla <fciesla@pirlserver.lpl.Arizona.EDU>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TrueType Fonts under XFree863.3.6
Message-ID:  <20030404004522.GA16738@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0304031609570.14197-100000@phobos.lpl.arizona.edu>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0304031609570.14197-100000@phobos.lpl.arizona.edu>

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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:14:19PM -0700, Fred Ciesla wrote:
>=20
> I am running FreeBSD4.7-stable on my laptop and am using XFree863.3.6
> because XFree864 is not compatible with my hardware.  I have tried to
> install TrueType fonts as described in the handbook online, but keep
> getting an error which reads:
>=20
> unable to set default font, 'fixed'
>=20
> However, if I comment out the FontPath which points to my TrueType
> directory, everything works fine (I also comment out the Module
> part).  Can you please help me?

X 3.x doesn't support TT fonts.  You can try one of the TT font
servers like Xfstt.

Kris

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