Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:54:58 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing fonts for Gnome Message-ID: <1093629297.722.0.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20040827163106.B781A5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20040827163106.B781A5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-rdDGu32FkcrZKr05nxEB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 12:31, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:19:46 -0400 > >=20 > >=20 > > --=3D-rw8frUd12VC1xKdwEglb > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >=20 > > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 21:27, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > I'm running Gnome 2.6 and have been trying to find out how to add new > > > fonts to Gnome. More specifically, I have a dual system with FreeBSD = and > > > Windows. I'd like to be able to use the Windows fonts, especially the > > > TrueType fonts, in FreeBSD and Gnome. > > >=3D20 > > > I've been looking for any documentation on this, but have struck out = to > > > this point. > > >=3D20 > > > Any ideas where I might find this information? Does anyone know if th= is > > > is Gnome specific or an X issue or some combination. > >=20 > > XFree86 and X.Org can both make use of TrueType Windows fonts. I keep > > all of mine in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType. There is a good > > section in the handbook on using fonts in X: > >=20 > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html > >=20 > > It also talks about configuring fontconfig to control font properties.= =3D20 > > Some of this information can also be found in the FreeBSD GNOME FAQ at > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html. >=20 > I still don't see much in the FAQ, but the X11 documentation in the > handbook almost got me there. The problem is that ttmkfdir will not > build on current. I worked around this by building with G++ 2.95, but I > really don't like this "solution". You don't need ttmkfdir anymore. All you have to do is install the fonts, then run fc-cache to teach fontconfig about them. Joe >=20 > In any case, I finally have my Windows TrueType fonts available on > FreeBSD and they do show up in Gnome apps. >=20 > Thanks! I really should have found this myself. --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-rdDGu32FkcrZKr05nxEB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBL3Vxb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgPFAJ9riKIHYTeN6rITQcS/Lbb3r7zjCwCbBXLm HbwHO+8ud4XcOkPCH00jNS0= =OINt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-rdDGu32FkcrZKr05nxEB--
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