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Old 08-18-2008, 04:01 PM   #1
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cannot select webcore fonts


Hi

I cannot seem to select any of the webcore fonts ( http://avi.alkalay.net/software/webcore-fonts/ ) such as Tahoma Verdana etc.

The fonts seem to get installed into /usr/share/fonts/webcore after using rpm -i
Code:
# ls /usr/share/fonts/webcore
andalemo.ttf  courbi.ttf    impact.ttf    timesi.ttf    verdanaz.ttf
arialbd.ttf   couri.ttf     l_10646.ttf   times.ttf     webdings.ttf
arialbi.ttf   cour.ttf      lucon.ttf     trebucbd.ttf  wingding.ttf
ariali.ttf    fonts.dir     micross.ttf   trebucbi.ttf  WINGDNG2.TTF
arial.ttf     fonts.scale   symbol.ttf    trebucit.ttf  WINGDNG3.TTF
ariblk.ttf    georgiab.ttf  tahomabd.ttf  trebuc.ttf
comicbd.ttf   georgiai.ttf  tahoma.ttf    verdanab.ttf
comic.ttf     georgia.ttf   timesbd.ttf   verdanai.ttf
courbd.ttf    georgiaz.ttf  timesbi.ttf   verdana.ttf
but a restart of X didnt refresh the fonts .. I can select them in GNOME -> System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts. They are not there.

I tried inserting this into xorg.conf
Code:
Section "Files"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/webcore"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/webcore-vista"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/100dpi"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc"
EndSection
however then I get some error about "missing default 'misc' fonts" in the Xorg.log file and X does not start.

Commenting out the entire Files section and fontpaths, removes the error and X starts but still no webcore fonts.

any ideas?
 
Old 08-18-2008, 04:15 PM   #2
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sorry, I should have read this first...

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red...onfig-add.html

all is okay now :-)
 
  


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