Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:48:30 -0800 From: erk! <tapeworm@insekta.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86, Anti-aliasing, Truetype, Freetype Message-ID: <20021105084830.5c7e21b0.tapeworm@insekta.org> In-Reply-To: <20021105142917.89954.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021105142917.89954.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 06:29:17 -0800 (PST) "Scott I. Remick" <siremick@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes... I have tried choosing one of the TTF fonts that only appeared > once I added the Fontpath line in XF86Config which pointed to the TTF > folder. I have done this in both OO and Moz. In Moz I can see the font > visibly change to a non-AA version of it. In OO it is AA but the > quality of the AA job is poor. For all your fonts to appear, you will need to add the directories to XF86Config. I.E. FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF" > Please excuse my ignorance here, but are Moz or OO gtk apps? I couldn't tell you about OO, but for mozilla (and it's little brother, phoenix), it uses gtk for font handling. once you get all the font paths added to XF86Config, install gdkxft, and as root, you should just need to run 'gdkxft_sysinstall'. there are a few options/modifiers for it, as well, so you might check out it's manpage once it's installed. > What's the significance of the fact that TT fonts don't appear when I > have the line in XftConfig but not XF86Config like the handbook says I > should do? Is this the sign of a problem which is playing a role here? Well, the predominant problem is that for *any* fonts to be useable in x-windows, the fontpath for each must exist in XF86Config. You shouldn't need to edit XftConfig by hand at all, from my experience. Gdkxft creates/edits an XftConfig file for you, anyway, so any changes you've made prior to configuring it, would likely be overwritten. On my current system, i've even got shadowed TTF fonts on my terminals (which looks quite nice, i might add!). Try out the stuff I mentioned, and if it doesn't work, toss my an email and i'll try to get you up and running a bit more. So far, it basically sounds like you've got anti-aliasing for most regular apps working OK, but not gtk apps. Like I said, OO is just kinda wonky with font handling (imo). You might try installing a small port that doesn't use gtk to see if you notice any noticeable changes between the three. - erk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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