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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Font spacing problem
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-04-10 19:23:22
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Andras Mantia wrote:
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> Hi,
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>  No luck even when following your rules. Actually I'm using SuSE 8.0 and 
> XFree86 4.3.0, which is self compiled (based on the Suse 8.1 source RPM). 
> FreeType and FontConfig were in /usr/lib, but I removed and reinstalled 
> freetype in /usr/X11R6 without any luck. QT picks up them correctly, so I 
> don't know what can be the problem. I haven't reinstalled fontconfig, and 
> this is why I have an Xft directory in X11R6. Can this be the problem? Should 
> I remove this dir and the current fontconfig and reinstall again in 
> /usr/X11R6? 

I have XFree86-4.3.0 built from the source tarball and then upgraded FreeType with a prefix of: 
/usr/X11R6/.  So, FreeType2, Xft, and FontConfig are installed with a prefix of: /usr/X11R6. 
There are subdirectories in 'lib' and 'include'.  E.G. the includes for Xft are in: 
/usr/X11R6/X11/Xft/; for FreeType2 they are in: /usr/X11R6/include/freetype2/freetype/; and for 
FontConfig they are in: /usr/X11R6/include/fontconfig/.  As I understand this, you can change 
the prefix, but the subdirectories must remain the same.

How did FontConfig wind up in: /usr/?  Are you sure that it isn't also in: /usr/X11R6/?

>  But good news is that I've found an older mail of yours and based on that 
> I've updated the /etc/fonts.conf and now I can select the Misc. Console Wide 
> for Konsole, which is very good, readable and without spacing problem (but 
> cannot change the font size). 
>  So the problem is not solved, but at least I have an usable Konsole.

The bit mapped font for the Konsole that KDE installs: 9x15.pcf: I found that I had to ungzip 
this for FontConfig: fc-cache to find it.  I also had problems with: fc-cache not finding the 
gziped fonts in: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/.  I think that it only finds the gzipped ones if 
you have PanGo for Gnome2 installed.  This is very odd if true.

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JRT

 
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