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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:28:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com>
To:        "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: True Type fonts and Altavista
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002162119370.318-100000@boris.netgate.net>
In-Reply-To: <38AB7F44.AA7BFB7@twcny.rr.com>

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Be sure to set up Netscape's font prefs to use X fonts you actually have
installed. I'm not sure how X handles this stuff any more but it probably
guestimates (makes things fugly) when a requested font size or face
doesn't exist. Typefaces are tough to masquerade.

Also, you might want to confirm all the font packages are installed. Goto
/stand/sysinstall->Index->Packages->(point at your package
source)->x11-fonts. Select & enjoy.

Dave

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Mark S. Reichman wrote:

> Can someone please tell me what kind of font Altavista is
> using on their web page?  No matter what true type
> fonts I load up and use under the S3.xtt X server, I
> cannot get the page to render nicely.  The only thing
> I can figure,  is that altavista is using a font that is
> not a standard windows install font?  Or, the font
> they are using is somehow aliased correctly under windows 
> to another installed font but my X installation is not aliasing it
> correctly
> to a font that I have. 
> Currently I have no fonts.alias dir in my TrueType dir.  
> I notice the /misc dir does have fonts.alias file.  
> Do I need a fonts.alias in my TrueType dir to solve this problem 
> with Altavista and what font are they using?



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