From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 05:33:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C053937B401 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 05:33:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-57-240.new.rr.com [24.208.57.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3A743FA3 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 05:33:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (sheba.polands.org [172.16.1.33]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4VCXpNP078349 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 07:33:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4VCXpUQ028326 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 07:33:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@sheba.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4VCXpbN028325 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 07:33:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 07:33:51 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030531123351.GA28291@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: XFree86 4.3.0 anti-alias font problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 12:33:54 -0000 Hi, I'm on a 4.8-STABLE box with XFree86 4.3.0. I'm going through the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html) and adding anti-aliased fonts to my system. The problem I'm having is adding TrueType and the bitstream-vera fonts to my fontpath via xset. Following the handbook, I've... * Created the directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType * Copied .ttf fonts from my windows partition to above directory * run the following command: ttmkfdir > fonts.dir I do get a message from ttmkfdir which states: "unknown font foundry code SYRC" A look at the files in the directory reveals nothing remotely similar to SYRC. The fonts.dir file appears valid but admittedly I'm not sure what I'm looking at. To continue, when I run: * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType I see: xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax In my case, the directory does exist and has the same permissions as the other font directories. The fonts.dir file does exist. And I'm not sure what the 3rd possible cause is. Curiously, I get the exact same error when I try to add the bitstream-vera fonts (added via x11-fonts/bitstream-vera port) to the fontpath. * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/ xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax I must be missing something here. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Regards, Doug