Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 07:24:26 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> To: rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk Cc: glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au, rcf@ox.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patchset 8 fonts Message-ID: <200005252154.HAA61802@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20000524095907.352C837BC14@hub.freebsd.org> from Robert Swindells at "May 24, 2000 02:59:07 am"
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Robert Swindells wrote: > >(a) The code was merged with that in the Java porting team's CVS > > repository. They were using the current font.properties. > > The current font.properties uses the Lucida fonts that are supplied > with the JDK source as the preferred fonts. I'm sure they look great > if you have a TrueType capable X server but the fallback font is > Courier which looks ugly in menus. I'd have to agree completely with the comment about Courier. > >(b) Robert's font.properties doesn't work for me (XFree86 3.3.3.1), so > > I was unsure that it was working for others. Are the URW fonts > > standard with later versions of XFree86 or do they need to be > > installed separately? > > The URW fonts need to be installed separately. > > I guess they ought to be made into a port. That would be handy :). At least I should include some information about where to get them (anyone?). Thanks for clarifying that Robert! -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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