Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:43:08 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: True Type fonts and Altavista Message-ID: <20000217074308.E51714@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002162119370.318-100000@boris.netgate.net>; from wellsian@caffeine.com on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 09:28:10PM -0800 References: <38AB7F44.AA7BFB7@twcny.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002162119370.318-100000@boris.netgate.net>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 09:28:10PM -0800, wellsian wrote:
> 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.
This doesn't help on altavista web page. Try it! It looks really ugly,
even if you have set up your Netscape to fonts that exist on your
system.
>
> 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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